Surging Child Labor Demands Government Action
Click to expand Image A 14-year-old boy from Dolakha district at a brick kiln in Bholachhe, Bhaktapur, Nepal where he lives with his aunt’s family. He works as a carpenter’s apprentice in the day and...
View ArticleSyria: Russian Veto Would Shut Down Last Aid Lifeline
Millions of Syrians risk losing access to lifesaving aid, including during the Covid-19 pandemic, if Russia vetoes reauthorizing the only remaining UN aid corridor from Turkey into opposition-held...
View ArticleEuropean Parliament Alarmed over Sri Lanka’s Rights Situation
Click to expand Image A Sri Lankan woman holds a portrait of a relative who went missing, during a protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, February 14, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena The European...
View ArticleBrazil: Failure to Respond to Education Emergency
Click to expand Image Student receives hand sanitizer at a public school in São Paulo on the first day of in-person classes, on February 8th. © Andre Penner/ AP Photo/ Picture alliance (São Paulo,...
View ArticleGermany: New Supply Chain Law a Step in the Right Direction
Click to expand Image A 9-year old girl collects sand in search of gold at a mining site in Moroto District, Uganda. @2021 Angella Nabwowe Kasule for ISER © (Berlin) – A new law on human rights in...
View ArticleHungary: Reject Bill Banning Discussion of LGBT Issues
Click to expand Image People march with a giant rainbow flag from the parliament building in Budapest during the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Pride Parade on July 6, 2019. © 2019...
View ArticleG7 Leaders Can’t Ignore Ethiopia’s Looming Famine
Click to expand Image People walk from a rural area towards a food distribution site near the town of Agula, in Tigray, Ethiopia, May 8, 2021. © 2021 Ben Curtis via AP G7 leaders meeting this week...
View ArticleDeadly Afghanistan Attack Shows Dangers to Humanitarian Workers
Click to expand Image Clearance operator from the Halo Trust clearing a steep, rocky hillside in Afghanistan. © 2004 Brian Liu/Toolbox DC The United Nations, governments, and humanitarian groups...
View ArticleTop Rights Tweets of the Week
Trending rights tweets this week: Two former Israeli ambassadors to South Africa say Israel is committing the crime of apartheid today; since the coup in Myanmar, women are reporting being sexually...
View ArticleSigns of Hope in Fight Against Child Marriage
Click to expand Image A demonstrator wearing a bridal gown takes part in a protest urging legislators to end Massachusetts child marriage at the Massachusetts State House in Boston on March 27, 2019....
View ArticleUS: Action Needed to Protect Democratic Rights
Click to expand Image Linda Jacks, 70, from Silver Spring, Maryland attends a rally outside of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, in support of the For the People Act on June 9, 2021. © 2021...
View ArticleICC One Step Closer to Probe of Philippines Murderous 'War on Drugs'
Click to expand Image Protesters hold up pictures of victims of extrajudicial killings during Human Rights Day protests in Manila, Philippines, December 10, 2017. © 2017 Ezra Acayan/Sipa USA via AP...
View ArticleMyanmar: Stop Holding Family, Friends Hostage
Click to expand Image This image from an April 18, 2021 news report by Myawaddy TV shows people who security forces detained in the Yankin township of Yangon, Myanmar. © 2021 Myawaddy TV via AP...
View ArticleMali: Basketball Federation Covers Up Sexual Assault of Girls
Click to expand Image Former President of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Hamane Niang attends the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 official mascot launch ceremony on April 18, 2018 in...
View ArticleMladić Verdict Highlights Limits of Justice in the Western Balkans
Click to expand Image A woman among the graves of victims of the Srebrenica genocide, at the memorial cemetery in Potocari, near Srebrenica, Tuesday, June 8, 2021. © 2021 Darko Bandic/AP Photo Last...
View ArticleUN Shared Rohingya Data Without Informed Consent
Click to expand Image Rohingya refugees headed to Bhasan Char island prepare to board navy vessels from the southeastern port city of Chattogram, Bangladesh on February 15, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo The...
View ArticleTime to Protect Education for Adolescent Mothers Across Africa
Click to expand Image “Ruhiyyeh”, 17, from the city of Kolda, southern Senegal, was assisted by her teachers to stay in school after she became pregnant while in the last year of lower secondary...
View ArticleLebanon: UN Should Set Probe into Beirut Blast
Click to expand Image Family members of those killed in the 4th of August massive Beirut port explosion take part in a vigil to mark nine months since the blast. © 2021 Marwan...
View ArticleItaly: Students with Disabilities Included in Covid-19 Education Plans
Click to expand Image Children with disabilities at the Vanvitelli Elementary School in Naples, Italy. Remote education was not accessible for many children with disabilities during Covid-19 pandemic...
View ArticleMozambique: Grave Concerns for Rwandan Asylum Seeker
Click to expand Image Cassien Ntamuhanga. © Private (Nairobi) – A Rwandan asylum seeker and founder of an opposition movement, who has been forcibly disappeared by Mozambique authorities, risks being...
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