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CDC can no longer help prevent lead poisoning in children, state officials say – Go Health Pro

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CDC can no longer help prevent lead poisoning in children, state officials say – Go Health Pro

While Milwaukee continues to struggle, a Stat report Friday hints at losses yet to come. Looking back at the national scandal of lead-contaminated apple-sauce pouches, Stat reported that at least six of the CDC scientists and experts who worked on that nationwide poisoning event are gone. The poisonings were first revealed in cases in Hickory, … Read more

Tunisia is the Fifth State to Withdraw Individual and NGO Access – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

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Tunisia is the Fifth State to Withdraw Individual and NGO Access – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

The African Union’s continental human rights court, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (AfCHPR), received a setback this past March when Tunisia withdrew its declaration, under Article 34(6) of the Court’s founding Protocol, allowing individuals and NGOs to directly access the Court. Tunisia accounts for 24 (7%) of the 371 applications to the African Court to date, and the two-thirds of applications still pending (and those submitted before the withdrawal enters into force) will proceed as normal. However, once the withdrawal takes effect in March 2026, Tunisians will be deprived of a potential avenue for accountability for human rights abuses during a period of increasing authoritarianism in Tunisia.

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Penn State golfer named spring captain of Allstate NACDA Good Works Team – Go Health Pro

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Penn State golfer named spring captain of Allstate NACDA Good Works Team – Go Health Pro

NORTHBROOK, Ill., [May 22, 2025] –Penn State women’s golfer Jami Morris, a Cleveland native and founder of one of Northeast Ohio’s most successful student-run cancer fundraisers, has been named spring captain of the Allstate NACDA Good Works Team.  Morris leads a class of 20 standout student-athletes honored for excellence in community service, academics and athletics. … Read more

State Farm Still Wants a 30% Rate Increase in California – Go Health Pro

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State Farm Still Wants a 30% Rate Increase in California – Go Health Pro

State Farm isn’t done seeking a rate increase in California, upping its request a week after getting the OK for a large rate hike to what the company had originally wanted before being rejected and agreeing to an interim deal for an increase. The wildfire-bitten insurer recently got approval for a 17% rate increase following … Read more

Ending State Officials’ Immunity Saga with respect to grave breaches of IHL – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

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Tunisia is the Fifth State to Withdraw Individual and NGO Access – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made two trips in April without being arrested: one to Hungary and the other to the United States (US). While commentators criticized Hungary for failing to arrest Netanyahu, arguing that as a state party to the International Criminal Court (ICC), it had a duty to do so (the ICC initiated non-compliance proceedings), there has been no similar commentary regarding his trip to the US. This is likely because the US is not a state party to the ICC and is therefore under no obligation to cooperate with the Court and arrest him.

However, in this blog post, I argue that there is a universal obligation to arrest Netanyahu for the commission of grave breaches of international humanitarian law (IHL) against Palestinians. The source of this obligation lies in the grave breaches regime of the Geneva Conventions for 1949. For that purpose, this post is divided into four sections. First, it outlines the obligations under the grave breaches regime. Second, it demonstrates the status of these obligations under contemporary international law. Third, it examines the question of immunities as a potential bar to enforcing this regime. Finally, it applies this legal framework to the case of Netanyahu.

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