Patience Akumu is a human rights defender and award winning journalist Once upon a time, human rights were the bare minimum that every human being would expect. Universality. Inalienability. Indivisibility. When, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights set down the basic standards for human dignity – and the […]
Michael Adekunle Charles On the morning that I visited Al-Sabbah Children’s Hospital in Juba, South Sudan, in December last year, almost all the children we found receiving treatment had malaria. The health workers reported that about 80 percent of the cases they see are malaria-related. The strain was visible as […]
In the past two decades, news reports and commentary on U.S.-China relations have focused on military build-up, trade wars, sanctions, and technological rivalry. But beneath these headlines, an equally consequential struggle is taking shape: a soft power battle over whose story the world will embrace in the 21st century. Africa […]
On Wednesday, 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice issued its long-awaited advisory opinion on the obligations of states under international law in the context of climate change. In the groundbreaking opinion, the Court clearly established that states have legally binding obligations to protect the climate system, including upholding […]
By Diana Taremwa Karakire via Indigenous Time Earlier this year,I interviewed Richard Pearshouse, Director of the Environment and Human Rights Division at Human Rights Watch about the East African Crude Oil Pipeline EACOP project, the role of Chinese financiers, and the broader implications for Uganda’s development and environment. Human Rights […]
By Diana Taremwa Karakire via Indigenous Time KAMPALA Uganda – A foggy dawn is just giving way to daylight in an upscale suburb east of Kampala. Patience Apolot, a young accountant, joins the queue outside a mobile coffee booth for something once considered very rare in this east African nation: a […]
via United Nations From UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan Location Geneva Israel must immediately and unconditionally release Global Sumud Flotilla members Saif Abukeshek and Thiago de Avila, who were detained in international waters and brought to Israel where they continue to be held without charge. It is not […]
Implement Regulation in Full, Do Not Create Product Loopholes via Human Rights Watch (Brussels) – The European Commission’s announcement that it would not initiate a process to further amend the text of its milestone anti-deforestation regulation paves the way for it to be implemented by the end of 2026, Human Rights […]
Dr Michael Adekunle Charles and Aissata De If you woke up with severe fever, would you stay home from work? What if the choice meant losing a week’s wages, or deciding if you could afford the trip to a doctor at all? For families facing financial hardship, these are not […]
By Diana Taremwa Karakire In an era of increasing environmental degradation and human rights violations, traditional legal systems are often unable to fully address global injustices.The Court of the Citizens of the World seeks to bridge this gap through non-binding “blueprint trials” designed to spotlight rights violations and push for […]