Human Rights
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Venezuela: Reform Needed for Rights Progress
Human Rights Watch Conducts First Official Visit in 18 years (Washington, DC) – Venezuela needs to take urgent measures and carry…
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White Phosphorus: Recent Use, Inhumane Effects Require New Law
UN General Assembly Should Respond to Global Concerns Recent use of white phosphorus munitions by Israeli forces in Lebanon underscores…
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Harmonizing the Fragmented Right to Education: The Proposed Free Education Optional Protocol
Nothing inherent in children’s development explains why their right to education should be more or less accessible depending on whether…
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Türkiye: Long Prison Terms for Children Accused of Crime
Uphold Child Justice Standards; Reject Harmful, Ineffective Approach (Berlin) – A new Turkish law that imposes heavy prison sentences on children…
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Spain: Humanitarian and Rights Crisis in Ceuta
Ensure Adequate Reception Conditions, Access to Information, Asylum (Milan) – The Spanish government and local authorities in its North African…
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Australia: Chinese Government Menaces Uyghur Diaspora
Visitors to Xinjiang Pressed to Monitor Activists, Australia’s Uyghur Language Schools The Chinese government is interrogating Uyghur Australians visiting Xinjiang,…
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Harriet Taylor Mill – The Enfranchisement of Women
Can There Be Equality Without Equal Choice? Hera Patiniott Dinos Toumazos In 1851, Harriet Taylor Mill published The Enfranchisement of…
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Lebanon: Israel’s Killing of Journalist an Apparent War Crime
Apparently Targeted Journalists, Medical Workers The Israeli military’s April 22, 2026 attacks in Lebanon that killed one journalist and severely…
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Malaysia: Forcibly Returning Myanmar Refugees Risks Lives
Provide Legal Status to Asylum Seekers; Ensure Safety of Rohingya (Bangkok) – The Malaysian government should reverse plans that would permit…
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Spain: Ensure human rights, dignity and humanity are central in response to exceptional arrival of people in Ceuta
Reacting to the crossing of tens of thousands of people, including children, from Morocco to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta and…
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Beyond Process – When Long-Standing Strategies Deserve Honest Reassessment
Dialogue matters. Dinos Toumazos Keeping communication alive is almost always preferable to silence. Yet diplomacy should never become an end…
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Indonesia: Environmentalists, Indigenous Leaders Unjustly Prosecuted
Activists Targeted for Protesting Land Grabs, Deforestation, Pollution Indonesian authorities are wrongfully prosecuting environmental defenders who protest deforestation and pollution…
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Violence, Civilian Protection and the Rule of International Law
Protecting civilians is not only a humanitarian obligation but a foundation for lasting peace. Jill Dean Singer The latest events…
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Vietnam Should Release Ailing Political Prisoners
Immediately Free Can Thi Theu and Other Wrongfully Imprisoned Activists Patricia Gossman Senior Associate Asia Director Can Thi Theu, 64,…
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Niger: 3 Years of Military Rule Deepens Human Rights Crisis
Security Threat Spurs Crackdown on Political Opposition, Civil Society, Media (Nairobi) – Niger’s military junta has entrenched authoritarian rule, dismantled democratic…
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Japan: Flag Desecration Law Violates Free Speech
Promptly Repeal Legislation, Recommit to Freedom of Expression (Tokyo) – The Japanese Diet on July 17, 2026, adopted a flag…
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