Obstetric Violence Violates Human Rights
Click to expand Image Delivery room in Argentina. © 2022 Authentic Images/Getty Images The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has helped to progress the fight against gender-based violence by...
View ArticleKazakhstan: Revise Draft Laws to Better Protect Women
Click to expand Image Participants protest against discrimination and gender-based violence during a rally held by members of feminist organizations and social activists in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
View ArticleGeorgia: ‘Foreign Agents’ Bill Tramples on Rights
Click to expand Image People take part in a protest against the controversial "foreign agents" bill outside the parliament building in Tbilisi, Georgia March 6, 2023. © 2023 Reuters/Irakli Gedenidze...
View ArticleCOP28: Carbon Market Rules Should Protect Rights
(Berlin) – The expert group meeting in Bonn, Germany on March 7, 2023, should propose rigorous rules to ensure that the carbon market established under the Paris Agreement is strictly regulated to...
View ArticleGermany: Low-Income Households Struggle for Social and Economic Rights
Click to expand Image “Maggie,” a 36-year-old single mother living in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, calculates her monthly household budget as food and energy prices rise rapidly, February 2023. © 2023...
View ArticleLebanon: 38 Countries Condemn Interference with Beirut Blast Probe
Click to expand Image Families of Port Blast's victims show portraits of their beloved ones near the Palace of Justice in Beirut, November 25, 2021. Relatives of victims call for an independent...
View ArticleThe Global Backlash Against Women’s Rights
Click to expand Image An Afghan teacher collects books in a school in Kabul, Afghanistan, December 22, 2022. © 2022 Ebrahim Noroozi/AP Photo On International Women’s Day, we not only recognize the...
View ArticleLittle to Cheer for in South Korea on International Women’s Day
Click to expand Image Civil society organizations and activists march in a rally for International Women's Day in Seoul, South Korea, March 8, 2022. © 2022 Chris Jung/NurPhoto via AP For women in...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia: Law Enshrines Male Guardianship
Click to expand Image People walk past a Vision 2030 banner showing Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Jeddah. © 2019 AP Photo/Amr Nabil (Beirut) – Saudi Arabia’s first codified law on personal...
View ArticleKey Moment for Scrutiny of Economic and Social Rights Record in the UK
Click to expand Image Students eat lunch at Chertsey High School on March 09, 2021 in Chertsey, United Kingdom. © 2021 Dan Kitwood/Getty While much of the focus in the UK’s domestic media this week...
View ArticleEgypt: Harsh Sentences Against Rights Activists
Click to expand Image Egyptian President Abdelfattah Al-Sisi. During his presidency, Egypt has harassed, prosecuted, arrested and seized the assets of dozens of human rights groups and defenders. ©...
View ArticleThailand: Man Jailed for Selling ‘Yellow Duck’ Calendars
Click to expand Image Pro-democracy demonstrators move inflatable rubber ducks during a rally in Bangkok, Thailand, November 18, 2020. © 2020 REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun (New York) – A criminal court in...
View ArticleEqual Laws in Nepal Crucial for Ending Discrimination Against Women
Click to expand Image Nepalese women lie on the ground during a protest in Kathmandu, Nepal, to amend the country’s citizenship laws, August 7, 2015. © 2015 AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha Nepal’s...
View Article‘Dark Day’ for Georgia’s Democracy
Click to expand Image People take part in a rally to protest against the adoption of the so-called 'Foreign Agents Law' in front of Parliament building in Tbilisi, Georgia, March 7, 2023. © 2023 Zurab...
View ArticleLebanon: Electricity Crisis Exacerbates Poverty, Inequality
(Beirut) – Lebanese authorities have failed to uphold the right to electricity by mismanaging the sector for decades, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.The 127-page report, “‘Cut Off...
View ArticleAfrican Commission Calls for Justice in Burundi
Click to expand Image Identity card of Audace Vianney Habonarugira, found on him when his body was discovered on July 15, 2011. © 2011 Human Rights Watch In July 2011, Audace Vianney Habonarugira made...
View ArticleZambia: ‘Green City’ Plan Should Focus on Lead Mine Remediation
Click to expand Image View of a former mine pit, now flooded, at the old mine site in Kabwe. In the foreground is an area where small-scale miners still work today. © 2019 Diane McCarthy for Human...
View ArticleUganda: New Anti-Gay Bill Further Threatens Rights
Click to expand Image A rainbow LGBT pride flag. © Wikimedia Commons (Nairobi) - A bill introduced in Uganda’s Parliament criminalizing same-sex conduct and sexual and gender identity, if adopted,...
View ArticleNavalny’s Oscar Moment Spotlights Russian Government Abuse
Click to expand Image Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny appears from prison on a video link provided by the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service, at a courtroom in Vladimir, Russia, June 7,...
View ArticleBahrain Revokes Human Rights Watch Visas
Click to expand Image © 2022 Human Rights Watch (Beirut) – Bahraini authorities on March 8, 2023, revoked the entry visas they had issued on January 30, 2023, to two Human Rights Watch staff members...
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