Tag: domestic assault

Today, the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) expressed concern at the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights’ announcement that certain activities mandated by the council...

South Korea’s age-based employment laws and policies discriminate against older workers, forcing them to retire from main jobs and into low-paid, precarious work.Inadequate social...

(Nairobi) – Guinea’s military authorities should credibly investigate the disappearances of two political activists, make their whereabouts known, and either charge them with a...

On 9 July 2025 the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) held that Russia is responsible for the downing of flight MH17 and for...

On July 7, the former commander-general of the Mozambican police, Bernardino Rafael, whom the President dismissed in January 2025, appeared before the Office of the Attorney...

As Europe emerges from a devastating heat wave, the European Parliament should reject efforts, including by industry groups in the United States, to weaken...

Laws passed by Peru’s Congress have undermined the independence and capacity of judges and prosecutors to fight organized crime.Homicides, extortion, and illegal mining have...

Last week in Sevilla, Spain, governments gathered at the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development. Among key outcomes was the Compromiso de Sevilla, which...

The Chinese government is persecuting and silencing lawyers who challenge official abuses a decade after a major crackdown on lawyers defending people’s rights.The Xi...

(Geneva, July 7, 2025) – United Nations member countries should use the upcoming review of Vietnam’s record on civil and political rights at the UN...

(New York) – The global soccer governing body FIFA’s reported decision to cancel previously planned additional anti-racism and anti-discrimination messaging at Club World Cup venues...

(Nairobi) – Central African Republic authorities arrested activists holding a memorial event for students who died in a high school explosion, Human Rights Watch...

Today the UN Human Rights Council firmly rejected Eritrea’s attempt to end scrutiny of its human rights situation. Council members decisively voted down the...

In a dramatic climax to one of Equatorial Guinea’s most explosive corruption scandals in recent history, Baltasar Ebang Engonga, the former Director General of...