‘Women must be at the decision-making table at all levels’ UN tells high-level meeting in Chile
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with President Michelle Bachelet of Chile and UN Women Executive Director...
China: Citizens’ Rights in Congress Spotlight
China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) should exercise its constitutional powers and reject policies and legislative measures that contravene domestic and international human rights protections, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to Congress...
Olympics: New Alliance Calls for Rights-Respecting Bids
All Olympic host countries should ensure protection of human rights, including labor and free media protections, and implement anti-corruption measures in the lead-up to and during Olympic Games, the new Sport and Rights Alliance (SRA) said ahead of a...
Syria: New Spate of Barrel Bomb Attacks
The Syrian government has carried out hundreds of new indiscriminate attacks over the past year with air-delivered munitions, including improvised weapons such as barrel bombs. The attacks have had a devastating impact on civilians, killing or...
Libya/Egypt: Civilian Toll in Derna Air Strikes
At least seven civilians, including three children, died in the joint Egyptian/Libyan airstrikes on the eastern city of Derna on February 16, 2015. Libya and Egypt should conduct speedy and transparent investigations into the deaths.
Algeria: Crackdown on Labor Rights Defenders
Algerian courts have sentenced nine labor rights activists to prison since late January 2015 for engaging in peaceful protests to support unemployed workers. One was sentenced to 18 months in prison for “unauthorized gathering.” The others received...
Iraq: UN documents rights violations of increasingly sectarian nature
For many Iraqis who fled ISIL to the high altitude region of northern Kurdistan, with nothing but the...
World Bank: Address Ethiopia Findings
The new village of Bildak in Ethiopia's Gambella region, which the semi-nomadic Nuer who were...
UK to double courtroom communications experts
UK's victims and witnesses will be given more support than ever before with double the number of courtroom experts soon to be available to help them give evidence, Justice Secretary Chris Grayling announced on February 23, 2015.
UNICEF condemns new child abductions by armed group in South Sudan
The recruitment and use of children in armed forces and groups is a grave violation of international law.
