I know what it is like to live under a government for whom human rights means nothing. I grew up under an oppressive regime where speaking out could cost you your freedom, and where torture was a tool ...
The UNPO has submitted a report to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) warning of the ...
Human Rights Watch respectfully seeks leave to submit an amicus curiae to the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (hereafter the Court) in relation to its forthcoming advisory opinion on the ...
The International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) issued a statement Wednesday calling upon nations to fulfill their obligation to protect human rights defenders and create an enabling environment for ...
Today, Human Rights First, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) filed an amicus brief with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New ...
Advocating for the rights of people forced to flee and those denied a nationality. Citizens normally look to their own governments to guarantee their human rights and physical security. When people ...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Thursday that the United Nations Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) should focus on promoting international tax cooperation to ensure ...
A group of lawyers and civic organisations have formally asked the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights to issue an advisory opinion on the obligations of African states to protect ...
When read in connection with South Africa’s political history, Phaethon and The Sorcerer’s Apprentice narratives provide ...
Governments should act on recent political commitments to protect civilians from the bombing and shelling that devastates cities and towns around the world. Civilians make up the vast majority of ...
The UK’ government’s “deregulatory” approach to artificial intelligence (AI) will fail to deal with the technology’s highly scalable harms, and could lead to further public disenfranchisement, the ...