Human Rights

COP27 Summit Yields Draft Agreement on Climate Change

Author: 
Justine N. Stefanelli

This month's COP27 climate summit in Sharm El-Sheikh resulted in a

European Human Rights Court decides to US Extradition Cases

Author: 
Justine N. Stefanelli

On November 3, 2022, the European Court of Human Rights issued two judgments on whether extradition from a Council of Europe member state to the United States would be in violation of the European

UN HRC Holds Elections, Creates Special Rapporteur on Russia

Author: 
Justine N. Stefanelli

On October 11, 2022, the United Nations Human Rights Council elected 14 member states to serve on the C

ACERWC Issues Decision on Tanzania's Policy of Expulsion of Pregnant Girls

Author: 
Justine N. Stefanelli

On September 15, 2022, the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC or the Committee)