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 ...

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

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

Bangladesh’s interim government has taken some positive steps to address the terrible legacy of enforced disappearances, but ...

The global soccer governing body FIFA’s reported decision to cancel previously planned additional anti-racism and ...

Five Cambodian environmental activists who have completed one year of their six to eight-year prison terms on baseless ...

There has been almost no accountability for the deaths and grave injuries that occurred three years ago when security forces ...

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

Prince, remains under the control of the Haitian government. And even this last stronghold is now on the verge of collapse, ...

The withdrawal of five European countries from a longstanding and effective international treaty prohibiting antipersonnel ...

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 ...