Gender-based violence against women and girls violates CEDAW. As the CEDAW Committee wrote in 1992: “Gender-based violence is ...

Stacey-Leigh Manuel Published on Listen to Article United Nations member States are formulating their positions on a ...

The ICC, which has a mandate to investigate and prosecute some of the most serious crimes under international law, is the ...

On July 7, the former commander-general of the Mozambican police appeared for a hearing about the police’s involvement in the ...

Today, the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) expressed concern at the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights’ ...

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

The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) June 10 decision to sanction Addameer, a ...

Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (the “Committee”) in advance of its upcoming public session on the situation of ...

South Korea’s age-based employment laws and policies discriminate against older workers, forcing them to retire from main ...

The Trump administration’s termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Afghans in the United States will take effect ...

The UK government’s draft law to cut spending on disability-related social security triggered major opposition from within ...

Guinea’s military authorities should credibly investigate the disappearances of two political activists, make their ...