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 proposed treaty to prevent and punish crimes against humanity, ahead of a January ...

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

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

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 ...

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

Albanese should reinforce messages about abuses in Hong Kong, Xinjiang, and Tibet and urge the Chinese government to end its ...

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

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

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

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

On the afternoon of June 25, police in the regional capital of Ethiopia’s conflict-affected Amhara region arrested Dr. Daniel ...