Last week, the United Nations Human Rights Office issued its first ever guidance paper on “transnational repression,” aimed ...

Today the UN Human Rights Council firmly rejected Eritrea’s attempt to end scrutiny of its human rights situation. Council ...

Human Rights Watch welcomes Angola’s engagement with the UPR process and its acceptance of a significant number of recommendations, especially those related to education, justice, and legislative ...

HRW says Asmara’s move was an effort to distract from independent reporting on the ‘country’s dire rights record’.

The United Nations conference on financing for development should help pave the way for meaningful progress on improving ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on UN member states Thursday to renew the mandate of the independent expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender ...

Next week, the United Nations Human Rights Council will vote on renewing the mandate of the independent expert on protection ...

The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, Human Rights Watch, and the International Commission of Jurists, ...

This brief is based on an extensive analysis of how human rights treaty bodies have engaged with individual states’ ...

Wave of deadly bombings in Cauca and Valle del Cauca prompts condemnation from international rights groups and the UN.

Recently freed Belarusian dissident Siarhei Tsikhanouski is demanding the international community act to secure the release ...

Un informe de Human Rights Watch es el primer esfuerzo de una importante organización internacional por verificar algunas de las muertes registradas en las protestas desde las elecciones. By ...