Ugandan authorities have perpetrated widespread discrimination and violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender ...

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HRW Letter to Australian Attorney-General Michelle Rowland regarding the Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility ...

World Health Organization (WHO) member countries adopted a new treaty on May 20, 2025, to improve international coordination ...

This week, the United Nations General Assembly met for its first-ever public high-level session devoted to North Korea's ...

Russian attacks in Ukraine since January 2025 have killed and injured more civilians than in the same period in 2024. Get ...

A future Crimes Against Humanity Convention holds tremendous potential to strengthen protection for people at risk of ...

Global momentum to prohibit and regulate “killer robots” seems to be building, as evidenced by numerous countries’ ...

A bill introduced by a member of Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party is designed to gut civil society and strangle freedom of ...

We've set a goal of $250,000 to help tackle rights abuses in Gaza, Ukraine, and in crisis zones around the world. For a ...

El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly has approved a far-reaching “Foreign Agents” law that grants the government of President ...

The revised law poses grave risks to the rights of political opposition ahead of the country’s general elections, scheduled ...