In a landmark case for athletes’ rights, Caster Semenya, the star South African runner, won her case at the European Court of ...

Gender-based violence against women and girls violates CEDAW. As the CEDAW Committee wrote in 1992: “Gender-based violence is ...

Stacey-Leigh Manuel Published on Listen to Article United Nations member States are formulating their positions on a ...

Richard Pearshouse is the director of Environment and Human Rights Division at Human Rights Watch. From 2018 to 2022, he was Head of Crisis and the Environment at Amnesty International, where he ...

Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (the “Committee”) in advance of its upcoming public session on the situation of ...

The ICC, which has a mandate to investigate and prosecute some of the most serious crimes under international law, is the ...

Albanese should reinforce messages about abuses in Hong Kong, Xinjiang, and Tibet and urge the Chinese government to end its ...

Human Rights Watch submits the following information regarding Nepal’s human rights record since its 2021 Universal Periodic Review (UPR), including efforts towards implementation of recommendations ...

The Trump administration’s termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Afghans in the United States will take effect ...

The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) June 10 decision to sanction Addameer, a ...

On July 9, the US government imposed sanctions on UN Human Rights Council-appointed Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967 Francesca ...

As Europe emerges from a devastating heat wave, the European Parliament should reject efforts, including by industry groups ...