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Colombia's government and the Segunda Marquetalia armed group said in a joint document they will begin peace talks on June 24 in Caracas, Venezuela. Segunda Marquetalia is a dissident faction of the now-demobilized Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Its leaders initially agreed to a 2016...

A commission in Alameda County, California, designed to study anti-Black racism and come up with a plan to compensate harmed residents was expected to complete its work by this July. Instead, it has hardly started. Created in March 2023, the 15-member body is now asking for two more years and $5...

A conservative activist group filed a class action lawsuit against a reparations program in Evanston, Illinois, claiming the initiative is unconstitutional because qualification for the program is based on an applicant’s race. In 2021, Evanston became the first city in the U.S. to implement a...

The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) chief prosecutor appealed on June 11 for information and evidence of atrocities in Sudan, saying his ongoing investigation “seems to disclose an organized, systematic and a profound attack on human dignity.” ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan released a video...

In a ruling handed down on June 5, the Paris Court of Appeal has confirmed the inapplicability of functional immunities in the case of international crimes. The Court refused to grant the immunity claimed by Adib Mayaleh, who is under investigation for complicity in crimes against humanity and war...

Five years after a national inquiry in Canada delivered more than 200 recommendations aimed at protecting Indigenous women and girls from going missing or being murdered, former commissioners say there’s been too little systemic change across the country. The final report of the National Inquiry...

There were "serious breaches" of international law and crimes against humanity were committed during the two-year Tigray War, according to a report released by U.S. think tank New Lines Institute. Ethiopia's Defense Force and allied forces appeared to have committed "crimes against humanity" and...

Amid the escalating violence unfolding in Sudan, activists are remembering crucial flashpoints of resistance during the pro-democracy protests in Khartoum on June 3, 2019. Before former President Omaral-Bashir was overthrown in a military coup, a civilian-led movement had levied consistent demands...

Despite calls for peace talks and a ceasefire, the Sudanese army is rejecting calls to de-escalate the fighting in El Fasher. This comes after a conversation on May 28th between General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, during which Blinken reportedly urged for...

Hong Kong found 14 pro-democracy activists guilty of subversion in the largest use yet of a China-imposed National Security Law (NSL). They included former lawmakers Leung Kwok-hung and Helena Wong, journalist-turned-campaigner Gwyneth Ho, and ordinary Hong Kongers who joined the mass protests of...