By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrives to brief senators at the US Capitol, Washington DC, January 7, 2026. © 2026 Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Photo (Washington, DC) — The United States’ latest strike on a vessel in the Caribbean, which reportedly killed four people, highlights a sustained pattern of unlawful use of lethal force outside any context of armed conflict, amounting to extrajudicial executions, Human Rights Watch said today.The US Southern Command announced on March 25, 2026, that it had carried out a “lethal kinetic strike” against a boat it said…
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Monday, March 30, 2026
A night of drone attacks reportedly killed two people and injured 12 in the Ukrainian port city of Odesa, as a maternity hospital and three educational facilities were also damaged.
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By Shannon Bosch, Associate Professor (Law), Edith Cowan University
This development reverses decades of global movement towards abolition of the death penalty, while normalising executions in an occupied territory.
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By Nicola Welsh-Burke, Sessional Academic in Literary and Cultural Studies, Western Sydney University
Hans Christian Andersen published The Emperor’s New Clothes in 1837. How did his life as an outsider shape the meaning of this darkly prescient story?
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By Lisa M. Given, Professor of Information Sciences & Director, Social Change Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University
eSafety is investigating Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube for “potential non-compliance”. But several questions about the ban remain unanswered.
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By Austin Haynes, PhD Candidate, School of Arts and Media, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Over 100 years after Pō Atarau was popularised, it’s on the soundtrack of Ryan Gosling’s blockbuster Project Hail Mary. But who was the remarkable woman behind it?
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By Thalia Anthony, Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney
Elena Marchetti, Professor of Criminal Law, Griffith University
Every state and territory must have these programs, but as was recently revealed in New South Wales, they’re often ineffective. There are better ways.
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By Clare Corbould, Associate Professor of History and Associate Head (Research) of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Deakin University
The US comedian’s latest viral video has (predictably) offended many conservatives. Here’s why it can’t be considered ‘racist’ on any level.
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By Flavio Macau, Associate Dean - School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University
In normal times, as much as 14% of global maritime trade goes through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. Disruption would be felt around the world.
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By Jen Purdie, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Sustainability, University of Otago
Two new fast-track energy projects offer very different paths: one tied to volatile fossil fuels, the other to a more sustainable, renewable future.
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