Human rights, defined as the basic rights and freedoms inherent to all individuals, have evolved considerably in both scope and application in the modern era. Contemporary societies have increasingly ...

Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to provide the following comments on the “[Draft] Policy on Cyber-enabled Crimes under the Rome Statute (March 2025)” (hereafter “draft policy ...

The UNJP, launched in 2021, was a three-year initiative aimed at promoting human rights and protecting human rights defenders. It involved collaboration between the UN and various Philippine agencies, ...

Niger’s authorities should immediately release civil society activist and human rights defender Moussa Tiangari and stop using terrorism-related charges to silence dissent.

Casual remarks by the current leader of Tibetan Buddhism invite us to ask what possibilities might arise if we extend moral ...

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo executed at least 21 civilians over two days in February in the eastern city of Goma, Human Rights Watch said in a report published on Tuesday.

WELLINGTON, 4 June 2025 – Rights Aotearoa, New Zealand's leading NGO devoted to promoting and defending universal human rights, today called on Attorney-General Judith Collins KC to urgently ...

He was ordered to stand trial on charges of human rights abuses. For the next 16 months, he remained in the UK, awaiting extradition to Spain. But it never happened.

In December 2020, the Council established a human rights sanctions framework that applies globally, meaning that the EU can target individuals, entities and bodies – including state and non-state ...

Therefore, this report aims to outline the identification and assessment of regulatory challenges in VLFS Projects with ...