Amnesty International has released its annual global human rights report, describing the leaders of Israel, Russia and the United States as “voracious predators” intent on economic and political domination. The report documents the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, which has killed more than 3,000 people; Israeli attacks in Lebanon, which have killed nearly 2,400; and the death toll in Gaza, which has surpassed 72,500 since October 2023. The report also points to signs of resistance, including the growing number of states joining South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice. This is Amnesty’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard.

Agnès Callamard: “It started with unlawful U.S. and Israeli attack in violation of the U.N. Charter. No self-defense can be invoked here. It morphed into open warfare against civilians, Iran launching indiscriminate, disproportionate retaliatory strikes, Israel escalating its attacks on Lebanon. The conflict is endangering the lives and health of millions of people across the region.”

The report comes as Hungary’s newly elected Prime Minister Péter Magyar declared that his government would be legally obligated to detain Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he enters Hungarian territory while still subject to an International Criminal Court arrest warrant. Speaking to reporters, Magyar said, “If a country is a member of the ICC and a person who is wanted by the ICC enters our territory, then that person must be taken into custody.”