As the terms of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons expire on October 17, it is unclear what will happen of the transitional justice process in Nepal.

The Sudanese Baath Party rejected the ongoing negotiations between the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) and the coup leaders on a political agreement that would restore civilian rule, stressing that it serves the interests of the military component.

Members from the UN's Commission of Inquiry for Syria publically called for an international mechanism for Syria's disappeared.

In August, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres released his landmark report on how to bolster efforts to clarify the fate and whereabouts of missing persons in the Syrian Arab Republic and provide support to their families, as requested by the United Nations General Assembly in Resolution 76/228.

Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to a civilian EU mission alongside their border, where the worst fighting between the two countries since 2020 killed more than 200 people last month, according to the European Council.

The mission that will start by the end of this month aims to help delineate the border between the two countries for a maximum of two months, the council said on Friday.

Lee Sang-ryeol, the South Korean ministry's director general for Asia and Pacific affairs, is scheduled to meet with his Japanese counterpart, Takehiro Funakoshi, at the Seoul foreign ministry in Seoul.

Discussions are expected to focus on the issue of resolving compensation for forced labor of Koreans during World War II.

The meeting follows a summit between South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York last month.

In a statement Monday, the Tigray forces said that Eritrea’s military has launched an “extensive offensive” in the direction of Rama, Zalambessa, and Tserona, towns in northeastern Tigray.

Communications to the areas affected by the fighting are down, and The Associated Press was unable to verify the Tigray forces’ claims.

This report presents findings from a study conducted by ICTJ, the Women’s Advocacy Network, and the Global Survivors Fund to assess the reparative justice needs of victims of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) in Uganda. The study is based on interviews and focus group discussions with survivors and other stakeholders. It urges the Ugandan government and relevant actors to implement a comprehensive reparations program that guarantees CRSV victims receive adequate, appropriate, and timely repair.

Britain said on Monday it had sanctioned senior Iranian security officials and the country's "so-called Morality Police," saying the force had used threats of detention and violence to control what Iranian women wear and how they behave in public.

The death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody has sparked protests across Iran and internationally, with demonstrators calling for the downfall of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

A former Liberian rebel went on trial Monday in Paris on charges of crimes against humanity, torture, and acts of barbarism during the West African country’s civil war in the 1990s.

Kunti Kamara, 47, was arrested near Paris in 2018, following a complaint filed by Swiss-based group Civitas Maxima, specialized in helping victims of crimes against humanity.

The high-profile detention of several indigenous women leaders in Argentina this week has prompted Argentina’s Minister for Women, Gender and Diversity, Elizabeth Gomez, to resign in protest on Friday, according to state news agency Telam.

The women, from the Mapuche nation, were detained Tuesday by Argentinian security forces amid clashes over their community’s occupation of private and public lands, Telam reported.