Human Rights Watch submission to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee on democracy and human rights in ...

Under relentless pressure from President Donald Trump’s administration, and long undermined by China and Russia, the ...

Gambia's Supreme Court is considering whether a law protecting women and girls from female genital mutilation (FGM) is constitutional. The practice, common in Gambia, often involves forcibly ...

On January 29, the three-week hearings on the merits of Gambia’s genocide case against Myanmar before the International Court ...

Sexual violence by criminal groups is not new in Haiti. However, the intensity and brutality of these attacks are worsening.

On January 25, South Sudan’s military called on civilians, aid workers, and United Nations personnel to evacuate from ...

The Trump administration has issued sweeping new rules that use foreign aid as a cudgel to force recipients to abandon work ...

Blocking state officials from the scene of the killing of a man by federal agents in Minneapolis on January 24, 2026, raises ...

Another Trump administration rollback on abortion access goes into effect on February 1, this time for US veterans, including ...

Since taking office a year ago, the Trump administration has been working hard to undermine the United Nations, especially ...

We urge special counsel Cho Eun-suk to reconsider seeking the death penalty against former President Yoon prior to the ...

South Sudan’s conflict has escalated over the past weeks, with South Sudan People’s Defense Forces, Sudan People’s Liberation Movement Army in Opposition factions, and allied community militias ...