Our Principal, Kate McInnes, was instructed to draft a joint letter to the UN Security Council missions addressing the escalating hostilities in Afghanistan between Pakistan and the Taliban regime. The letter has been endorsed by over 50 Afghan civil society organisations, including HRD+, CSHRN, and OMCT. Pakistan’s disproportionate attacks on Afghanistan since 26 February 2026 have deepened the already dire humanitarian crisis experienced by the people of Afghanistan. Meanwh

An Urgent Appeal has been filed with United Nations Special Rapporteurs on behalf of Ms. Nazera Rashidi, a a 24-year-old ethnically Uzbek journalist from Kunduz, Afghanistan. At 8 am on Tuesday, 6 January 2026, Ms. Nazera Rashidi was arrested by the Taliban. For several days following her arrest, Ms. Rashidi’s whereabouts and legal status were unknown to her family. On 12 January 2026, the Taliban publicly confirmed the arrest of Ms. Rashidi, along with four other women. No i

An Urgent Appeal has been filed with United Nations Special Rapporteurs on behalf of Mr. André Ntagerura, a Rwandan national who was fully acquitted by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in 2004 and yet continues to face prolonged confinement and deteriorating health conditions today in Niger. Mr. Ntagerura is one of eight men indicted by the ICTR who were either fully acquitted or who completed their sentences, but who were unable to reunite with their fa

Un appel urgent a été déposé auprès des rapporteurs spéciaux des Nations Unies au nom de M. André Ntagerura, un ressortissant rwandais qui a été entièrement acquitté par le Tribunal pénal international pour le Rwanda (TPIR) en 2004, mais qui continue aujourd'hui d'être soumis à une détention prolongée et dont l'état de santé se détériore au Niger. M. Ntagerura est l'un des huit hommes inculpés par le TPIR qui ont été soit entièrement acquittés, soit o

Arendt Chambers was recently instructed by the International Committee for the Investigation of Torture in Belarus (Legal Initiative/Правовая инициатива) to prepare a submission to Professor Ben Saul, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on counter-terrorism and human rights in response to his call for inputs on the definitions of "terrorism" and "extremism." This submission underscores that the lack of precise, internationally aligned definitions permits the arbitrary targ