Landmine Ban: Holdouts Should Join Treaty
Filda lost her leg in a landmine explosion in Uganda. She faces discrimination in her community and...
Philippines: Aquino Should Sign Landmark Disappearances Law
President Benigno Aquino III should sign into law a bill criminalizing enforced disappearances in the Philippines, Human Rights Watch said. The Philippine Congress passed the bill, the Anti-Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance Act of 2012, on October...
OSCE Special Representative calls for redoubled efforts against modern-day slavery on Anti-Trafficking Day
OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, during a ceremony...
Bangladesh: End Harassment of War Crimes Defense Counsel
Libya: New Proof of Mass Killings at Gaddafi Death Site
Bodies of apparent execution victims found at the Mahari Hotel in Sirte on October 22, 2011, the...
Philippines: Amend Draft Law on Child Soldiers
The Philippines Senate should remove a provision in a draft law that allows for the prosecution of the parents of children recruited to be soldiers. With that revision, the proposed law, the Special Protection of Children in Situations of Armed...
Iraq/Turkey: Open Borders to All Syrian Refugees
The Iraqi and Turkish authorities should immediately re-open border crossings where more than 10,000 Syrians have been stranded for weeks and allow all those wishing to seek asylum to cross without delay, Human Rights Watch said.
On International Day of Rural Women, Ban calls for more empowerment and end to discrimination
Woman waters seedlings in the Lake Tana area of Ethiopia’s Amhara Region.
Syria: New Evidence Military Dropped Cluster Bombs
Montenegro elections pluralistic with respect for fundamental rights, although confidence-building is needed, observers say
A polling board member in the Golubovci settlement of Podgorica checking a voter’s identification before giving him a ballot during...
