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Europe's human rights watchdog has raised concerns about Serbia's handling of protests against President Aleksandar Vucic's ...
Today the UN Human Rights Council firmly rejected Eritrea’s attempt to end scrutiny of its human rights situation. Council ...
Latin America's top human rights court has issued a groundbreaking advisory opinion linking states’ human rights obligations ...
The rights of people in the United States are at risk. The Trump administration's harmful policies are being resisted by ...
This submission highlights Human Rights Watch’s concerns about Angola’s compliance with its international human rights obligations since its previous Universal Periodic Reviews (UPR) in 2014 and 2019.
Earlier this week, the All Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty and Inequality published a report recommending the government abandon the proposals. The government is proceeding anyway.
Police in Hungary have banned lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Hungarians and their supporters from peacefully assembling to celebrate Pride, while instead allowing a hate group to ...
An EU diplomatic service audit report, seen by news agencies, looked at Israel’s actions in Gaza and occupied West Bank.
(New York) – The Vietnamese government should immediately release the imprisoned journalist Le Huu Minh Tuan and allow him to obtain medical treatment in Vietnam or abroad, Human Rights Watch ...
We write with urgent concern regarding the latest Omnibus I proposal presented by the Polish Presidency to the Council. We believe the pressure put on Member States to agree to a lowest ...
The Myanmar military’s recruitment and use of child soldiers has surged since the 2021 coup, including a significant number recruited after the junta enacted a conscription law in February 2024 ...
Benon Kabale Kitafuna at the UN disability rights conference (COSP) in New York City, June 10, 2025. (C) 2025 Jonas Bull/ Human Rights Watch. © ...