Malawi: End Widespread Child Marriage
A 14-year-old girl holds her baby at her sister’s home in a village in...
Libya: Government Institutions at Risk of Collapse
The international community should agree to provide assistance to Libya’s flailing judicial system, Human Rights Watch said following the international ministerial conference on Libya on March 6, 2014. The assistance should include urgently needed...
WBG President Kim calls domestic violence an “outrage” and “blind spot” holding back women and girls
World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim called domestic violence “an outrage” that should no longer be considered a private matter, but a public issue and a major challenge for all who work in development.
After Uganda, Kenya Gears Up for Gay Rights Debate
Kenya could become the next battleground for gay rights as lawmakers plan to introduce a motion in parliament to compel authorities to more strongly enforce the country's anti-homosexual laws. Gay rights activists say the pressure has already...
UN humanitarian chief reiterates call for abolition of death penalty
Navi Pillay
Honduras: Select Impartial, Credible Ombudsman
The Honduran Congress should conduct a transparent, impartial, and participatory process for electing the country’s next human rights ombudsman, Human Rights Watch said.
Abducted children reunited with family in Central African Republic
Four children – two girls and two boys – were reunited with their father by officials from UNICEF and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA), after being abducted by a militia, during which time they were threatened to be...
UN Human Rights Council opens with calls to protect, support civil society activism
High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay addresses the opening of the twenty-fifth regular...
China: Advance Reforms, Protect Speech at 2014 Congress
Vietnam: Relentless Prosecutions to Squelch Dissent
The trial of the blogger Truong Duy Nhat scheduled for March 4, 2014 in Da Nang demonstrates that there is no slackening of the Vietnamese authorities’ determination to target people for peaceful criticism, Human Rights Watch said.
