UN panel warns against 'designer babies' and eugenics in 'editing' of human DNA
Over 500 children dead, 1.7 million at risk of malnutrition owing to Yemen violence – UN
A malnourished 2-year-old girl receives treatment at a hospital in Sana'a.
Despite cooler weather, refugee sea arrivals in Greece approach 400,000 – UN agency
Volunteers help newly-arrived refugees on 28 September 2015, as they disembark from a large rubber...
UN: Rights Council Fails Yemeni Civilians
The United Nations Human Rights Council missed a key opportunity to address alleged violations of the laws of war by all sides to the conflict in Yemen, Human Rights Watch said On October 2. The day, the council adopted by consensus a deeply flawed...
Israel/Palestine: Killing of Israeli Couple
The killing of an Israeli couple in the occupied West Bank on October 1, 2015, apparently by members of a Palestinian armed group, is a serious violation of the laws of war. The Israeli authorities should prosecute those responsible and ensure that...
Cambodia: Drop Case Against Opposition Senator
Cambodian authorities should end the prosecution of an opposition senator who has been wrongfully charged with forgery and incitement for posting online an inaccurate version of a 1979 Cambodia-Vietnam treaty, Human Rights Watch said on October 1. The...
DR Congo: Atrocity Victims Deserve Better Justice
The Democratic Republic of Congo government should urgently reform the country’s justice system to better prosecute atrocities, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on October 1.
UNHCR seeking urgent access to thousands fleeing Bangui, CAR violence
Fighting between rival militias in the Central African Republic capital of Bangui since Saturday has left at least 36 people dead, forced thousands to flee their homes and moved the reconciliation process a step backwards.
Accenture’s US$4.5 Million Grant to Save the Children Will Help Secure Jobs for 28,000 Indonesian and Filipino Youth
Accenture and the Accenture Foundations have made a US$4.5 million grant to Save the Children to help the nonprofit provide job skills training to 47,000 at-risk youth in Indonesia and the Philippines.
Constitutional Scholars, Military Officers, Human Rights Groups File Briefs in Support of Abu Ghraib Victims Suing Corporation for Torture
On the evening of September 29, six amicus briefs were filed with the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in support of four men suing private military contractor CACI Premier Technology, Inc. (CACI) for the company’s role in torturing and otherwise...
