International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights — Article 6
Protects the inherent right to life, which must be safeguarded by law. Arbitrary deprivation of life is prohibited. This is a non-derogable right that states cannot suspend even in times of public emergency.
DOGE fired over 600 National Weather Service employees including hurricane hunters, meteorologists, and storm modelers, leaving 30 forecast offices without lead meteorologists. The NWS Goodland, …
On February 27, 2025, the Commerce Department and NOAA fired more than 600 probationary employees at the National Weather Service, including …
By May 2025, 30 of the NWS's 122 forecast offices lacked a lead meteorologist. Goodland, Kansas — normally staffed with 13 meteorologists — …
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Updated March 27, 2026Federal Dismantlement
Critical Rights and Rule-of-Law ConcernReported record
DOGE fired 350 NNSA nuclear weapons workers, including warhead assemblers at Pantex and radioactive waste managers at Savannah River, as part of a 2,000-person Department of Energy purge. Most firings …
On February 13, 2025, approximately 350 NNSA employees were abruptly terminated as part of a DOGE purge across the Department of Energy …
The Pantex Plant near Amarillo, Texas — where nuclear warheads are assembled and disassembled — absorbed about 30% of the cuts. Fired …
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Updated March 26, 2026Extrajudicial Killing
Critical Rights and Rule-of-Law ConcernReported record
An ICE agent shot and killed an American woman during an immigration raid in Minneapolis. Video evidence contradicted the government's claim of self-defense. The administration used the killing to …
Renee Nicole Macklin Good, a 37-year-old US citizen and mother of three, was shot three times and killed by ICE agent Jonathan Ross on …
Video footage from the ICE agent's own phone shows Good sitting in her car, looking out the window, smiling and saying 'That's OK dude, I'm …
US airstrikes on Yemen's most critical civilian port infrastructure killed 84+ civilians including three children, port workers, truck drivers, and civil defense personnel. HRW found the strikes were …
14 US airstrikes hit the Ras Issa oil terminal on April 17, 2025, killing at least 84 civilians and injuring over 150, including port …
Ras Issa is one of three ports in Hodeidah through which approximately 70% of Yemen's commercial imports and 80% of humanitarian assistance …
A 53-day US bombing campaign in Yemen produced an unprecedented civilian death toll, with monitoring organizations documenting at least 224 civilian deaths — matching the previous 23 years of US …
Operation Rough Rider ran from March 15 to May 6, 2025 — 53 days of sustained bombing against Houthi-controlled Yemen, with 339+ strikes …
Airwars documented 33 civilian harm incidents and at least 224 civilian deaths. The Yemen Data Project documented at least 238 civilian …
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Updated March 25, 2026Complicity in Genocide
War Crime / Crime Against HumanityOngoingReported record
Israel's 2026 Lebanon offensive — conducted with US-supplied weapons including white phosphorus munitions used over civilian areas — has killed over 1,000 people, wounded nearly 3,000, and displaced …
Since the renewed Israeli offensive beginning March 2, 2026, over 1,072 people have been killed in Lebanon including at least 121 children, …
Nearly 700,000 people — 20% of Lebanon's population — have been displaced, including 200,000 children. An additional 85,000-90,000 have fled …
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Updated March 25, 2026Extrajudicial Killing
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A sustained campaign of Hellfire missile strikes on suspected drug boats has killed at least 95 people without due process, public evidence of drug trafficking, or identification of the dead. Legal …
At least 95 people killed in 26+ Hellfire missile strikes on boats in the Caribbean and Pacific since September 2, 2025, with no public …
The very first strike on September 2, 2025 included a 'double tap' — two survivors clung to wreckage for 45 minutes before a follow-up …
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Updated March 25, 2026Civil Rights
Serious Rights ViolationOngoingOfficial executive action
A pattern of militarized response to protests including the ICE killing of an American mother, Insurrection Act threats, 3,000-agent deployments, expanded federal police powers, and a presidential …
On January 7, 2026, ICE agent Jonathan Ross fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old American mother of three, in Minneapolis during a …
Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to suppress protests in Minneapolis following the Good shooting, deploying 3,000 ICE agents …
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Updated March 25, 2026Foreign Policy & War
Serious Rights ViolationOngoingOfficial executive action
The US was the sole dissenter blocking Gaza ceasefire resolutions supported by all other Security Council members, while famine and allegations of genocide continued in Gaza. The pattern of vetoes …
In June 2025, the US cast its sole veto against a resolution demanding 'an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in Gaza' — the …
In September 2025, the US vetoed another ceasefire resolution, the sixth such veto, being the only member to not support it. The vote took …
US airstrikes killed 68 detained African migrants sleeping in a Sa'ada detention center during Operation Rough Rider. Amnesty International's investigation found no evidence the facility was a …
US airstrikes hit a migrant detention center in Sa'ada, Yemen at approximately 5:00 AM on April 28, 2025, while 115 detained migrants were …
Victims were primarily Ethiopian and Somali migrants detained by Houthi authorities solely for their irregular immigration status — they …
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Updated March 25, 2026Civil Rights
Major Abuse of PowerOngoingOfficial executive action
Executive order reversing the federal execution moratorium and mandating the death penalty be sought for all murders by undocumented immigrants 'regardless of other factors' — creating a …
The executive order reversed Biden's July 2021 moratorium on federal executions and directed the attorney general to seek the death penalty …
The order mandates the death penalty be pursued 'regardless of other factors' in two specific categories: murders of law enforcement …
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Updated March 25, 2026Deportation to Torture
Critical Rights and Rule-of-Law ConcernOngoingReported record
46 deaths in ICE custody since January 2025 mark a two-decade high. ICE's October 2025 halt of medical care payments left detainees without access to health services as the detention population …
46 people have died in ICE custody or detention facilities since January 2025 — a two-decade high, with 2025 seeing the highest death rate …
ICE halted payments to medical care contractors in October 2025 after the VA terminated a longstanding reimbursement agreement, leaving …
US airstrikes in Somalia escalated dramatically in 2025, with AFRICOM claiming zero civilian casualties despite independent monitors documenting dozens of civilian deaths. AFRICOM stopped publishing …
AFRICOM conducted at least 43 airstrikes in Somalia in 2025, more than doubling the prior year's pace, with the administration citing both …
AFRICOM has assessed zero civilian casualties from its 2025 strikes, while independent monitors at Airwars document between 33 and 167 total …
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Updated March 10, 2026Extrajudicial Killing
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A second American citizen killed by federal agents during Minneapolis immigration enforcement protests. The deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti — both unarmed U.S. citizens — during a single …
Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, was killed by federal agents on January 24, 2026, during protests in Minneapolis over the …
Pretti was the second U.S. citizen killed by federal agents during the Minneapolis immigration enforcement operation within a 17-day period.