October 7 - 13, 2024: Week in Review

October 14, 2024

Read our latest publications

Bridging Psychology and Law: Forensic Psychologists in Military Courts by Fola Adamolekun

The Supreme Court’s Decision in Grants Pass v. Johnson: How They Got There and What It Means for America’s Homeless Population by Erin Atienza

Climate Change and Hurricanes in the Caribbean: A Concern for the Threats to Human Rights and Development in the Region by Kalesh Loakman, LLM

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International Observances

October 7 - Anniversary of Hamas's Attack on Israel

October 7 - Anniversary of Israel's Attack on Gaza

October 10 - World Mental Health Day

October 11 - International Day of the Girl Child

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News Briefs

October 9, 2024 - 10% of Gaza’s Population Killed, Wounded, or Missing Since Israel’s Attacks

October 11, 2024 - Outrage Over Murders of Women Forces Turkey’s Erdoğan to Harden Laws

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Other Breaking Human Rights News

October 7, 2024

How the world is marking Oct. 7 attack on Israel, start of Gaza war (Reuters)

‘They tried to murder everyone’: Haiti reels after deadly gang attack (Al Jazeera)

Philippines: Duterte to run as mayor despite inquiry into his drugs crackdown (The Guardian)

Yemen's Houthis to play bigger role in Middle East conflict? (Deutsche Welle)

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October 8, 2024

‘A slap in the face to victims of abuse’: UN urged to reject Saudi Arabia’s bid to join Human Rights Council (The Guardian)

EU must confront Azerbaijan at COP29 over human rights crackdown, top NGOs demand (Politico)

Pakistan: Authorities must immediately revoke ban on Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (Amnesty International)

A Changing Climate Is Scorching the World’s Biggest River (The New York Times)

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October 9, 2024

Saudi Arabia narrowly fails to win seat on U.N. Human Rights Council (Reuters)

Human Rights: Violence against women and girls in sports becoming systematic (Rédaction Africanews)

Haiti’s gangs are recruiting child soldiers, rights group says (Al Jazeera)

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October 10, 2024

Lebanon: Israel’s evacuation ‘warnings’ for civilians misleading and inadequate (Amnesty International)

‘I can’t survive’: Malawians hit hard by South Africa’s crackdown on illegal migration (Charles Pensulo and Rachel Savage, The Guardian)

Top UN rights body extends mandates for Russia and Sudan (UN News)

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October 11, 2024

FIFA urged to put more human rights scrutiny into 2034 World Cup deal with Saudi Arabia (Graham Dunbar, AP News)

Sudan: Refugee numbers swell as war continues to drive displacement (UN News)

ECHR ruling for Cyprus asylum seekers may embolden refugees in buffer zone (Helena Smith, The Guardian)

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October 12, 2024

Venezuela has cancelled passports of dozens of activists and journalists (Reuters via The Guardian)

Kenya's first nuclear power plant faces opposition from coastal residents (Rédaction Africanews and AP)

Nobel Peace Prize winners warn of rising risk of nuclear war (Reuters)

UN, INGOs call for immediate release of detained personnel in Yemen (UN News)

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October 13, 2024

Netanyahu mulls plan to empty northern Gaza of civilians and cut off aid to those left inside (Julia Frankel, AP News)

Bolivia Has National Rights of Nature Laws. Why Haven’t They Been Enforced? (Katie Surma, Inside Climate News)

UN says Israeli tanks forced entry into base in south Lebanon (Aleks Phillips, BBC News)

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