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Click to expand Image International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, April 30, 2024. 2024 Peter Dejong/AP Photo When the EU’s 27 foreign ministers meet on June 23, they should make defending the International Criminal Court (ICC) from escalating attacks by the Trump administration a top priority.On June 6, the US administration sanctioned four ICC judges. The new designations follow sanctions imposed by the...
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:
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For Black Maternal Health, We Need Justice and Equity: A Conversation with Angela Doyinsola Aina
The founder of the Black Mamas Matter Alliance discusses how the organization is navigating this current political climate and the type of supports that are needed.
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:Ecuador: New Laws Endanger Rights
Ecuador's National Assembly in Quito on October 23, 2024. 2024 Rodrigo Buendia/AFP via Getty Images (Washington, DC) – New laws passed byEcuador’s National Assembly and signed by President Daniel Noboa include dangerous provisions that threaten the rights of Ecuadorians, Human Rights Watch said today.On June 7, 2025, the newly appointed National Assemblyapproved through an expedited process theNational Solidarity Law,...
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:Juneteenth and the Path Toward Justice
Click to expand Image Pastor Robert Turner walks near the National Museum of African American History and Culture as part of his monthly walk from Baltimore to Washington to raise awareness of reparations on April 16, 2025, in Washington, DC. 2025 AP Photo/Nathan Howard Juneteenth, celebrated annually in the United States on June 19, commemorates the liberation of enslaved Black people. It marks the day in 1865 when...
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:France: Many Children in Overseas Territory Lack Education
Click to expand Image A primary school devastated after Cyclone Chido in Doujani, Mayotte, December 27, 2024. 2024 Lemor David/ABACA/Shutterstock (Paris)– A bill beforeFrance’s National Assembly for the reconstruction of the overseas department of Mayotte should include access to education and other core economic and social rights of children, Human Rights Watch said today.Mayotte, in the Indian Ocean northwest of...
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:In California’s Largest Landback Deal, the Yurok Tribe Reclaims Sacred Land Around Klamath River
More than 17,000 acres around the Klamath River in Northern California have returned to the Yurok Tribe, completing the largest landback deal in California history.
Published on: June 18, 2025 | Source:Nepal Police Search for Journalist Who Reported on Political Family’s Business
In Nepal’s latest attempt to silence online speech, police are trying to arrest a well-known journalist who published on his YouTube channel claims about the business interests of a leading political family. Click to expand Image Dil Bhushan Pathak. Private Dil Bhushan Pathak reported three weeks ago about the alleged investments of a member of a political family. Kathmandu’s district court issued an arrest warrant...
Published on: June 18, 2025 | Source:Making Housing Affordable: How Government Can Finance Homes at Low Cost
A key driver of the cost of homebuilding is financing. If housing were financed the same way bridges and roads are, building affordable housing at scale would be far easier.
Published on: June 18, 2025 | Source:New Study Shines a Light on the Impact of Donor-Advised Funds
Where do DAF dollars go—and how quickly do these donor dollars actually arrive at operating nonprofits? The answers, derived from a new study, may be surprising.
Published on: June 18, 2025 | Source:The Struggle to Rebuild Lahaina: Where Is Recovery Two Years After the Fires?
Nearly two years after the fires in Lahaina, Hawaiʻi, killed over 100 people, the community struggles to survive but continues to rebuild, on its own terms.
Published on: June 18, 2025 | Source:Nigeria: Prioritize Security Amid Rising Violence in Benue State
Click to expand Image A man stands in front of a damaged and burnt house following a deadly gunmen attack in Yelwata, Benue State, Nigeria, June 16, 2025. 2025 Marvellous Durowaiye/Reuters (Abuja) – Nigerian authorities should urgently strengthen security in vulnerable communities following deadly attacks on June 14, 2025, in Yelewata, Benue state, Human Rights Watch said today. This should include steps to ensure...
Published on: June 18, 2025 | Source:DR Congo: M23 Armed Group Forcibly Transferring Civilians
Click to expand Image Displaced people board a bus after undergoing checks at the border between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, in Goma, May 19, 2025. United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) vehicles transported them to Rwanda. 2025 JOSPIN MWISHA/AFP via Getty Images (Nairobi) – TheRwandan-controlled M23 armed group has deported over 1,500 people from occupied easternDemocratic Republic of Congo to Rwanda...
Published on: June 18, 2025 | Source:How to Transform Strategic Planning for Social Justice
Strategic planning techniques adopted from the corporate world can undermine the pursuit of social justice. To make it work, leaders must approach planning from a liberatory mindset.
Published on: June 17, 2025 | Source:DR Congo Investigations Needed More Than Ever
Click to expand Image A woman who was sexually assaulted in a displacement camp in North Kivu province, where she had fled fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, August 23, 2023. 2023 Moses Sawasawa/AP Photo On Monday, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk gave the chilling preliminary findings of his office’s Fact-Finding Mission into the devastating impact on civilians of the...
Published on: June 17, 2025 | Source:Saudi Arabia: Prisoner, 70, Dies After Medical Neglect
Click to expand Image Saudi human rights activists gather outside the Criminal Court of Riyadh following a hearing in the trial of fellow activists Abdullah al-Hamid and Mohammed al-Qahtani. Sulaiman al-Rashoodi (second from right), Mohammed al-Qahtani (third from right), Waleed Abu al-Khair (center, fourth from right) and Abdullah al-Hamid (fifth from right) 2013 Private (Beirut) – Saudi Arabia should end the...
Published on: June 17, 2025 | Source:As Immigration Enforcement Ramps Up, Elected Leaders Face Increased Threats
Across the country, immigration enforcement is intensifying. As elected leaders, particularly those of color, seek more transparency, some are finding themselves as targets.
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:My Street Vendor Is Missing: The Impact of ICE Raids in Los Angeles
Deportations pose fundamental questions of who counts as our community. Nonprofit and movement leaders must speak up. Now’s the time to defend our shared humanity.
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:Why Guardianship Reform Is a Civil Rights Imperative
More than one million US adults currently have legal guardians. Many face severe limits on their civil rights as a result. This situation is unnecessary and must change.
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:Advocates Seek to Protect Children with Disabilities from Federal Cuts
Advocates warn that efforts to eliminate the US Department of Education could undo decades of progress in education for students with disabilities.
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:Africa: Insufficient Domestic Funding Hinders Education Progress
Click to expand Image An empty classroom in a secondary school in southern Senegal. 2019 Elin Martinez/Human Rights Watch (Abuja) – MostAfrican governments have consistently failed to meet global and regional education funding targets to ensure quality public education, Human Rights Watch said today on theAfrican Union’s Day of the African Child.The 2025 theme for the day is “planning and budgeting for children’s...
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:Hungary: Orbán Government Withdraws from ICC
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (bottom - C) and Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjen (bottom L) attend the vote to start the withdrawal process from the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Budapest, Hungary, May 20, 2025. 2025 Marton Monus/Reuters (Brussels) – Hungary’s withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC) is an insult to victims and survivors of the world’s worst crimes, Human Rights Watch...
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:Bonn Climate Talks Should Make Progress on Fossil Fuels
Click to expand Image Climate activists protest to end use of fossil fuels at the UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany, June 8, 2023. 2023 Martin Meissner/AP Photo As negotiators gather in Bonn for the mid-year United Nations climate talks, a key stepping-stone toward the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil, governments have an important opportunity to place the fossil fuel phaseout at the...
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:Rohingya Facing Risks Everywhere, at All Times
Click to expand Image Rohingya refugees attend a solidarity event with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Muhammad Yunus, chief adviser of the Bangladesh Interim Government, at the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, March 14, 2025. 2025 Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters Dawood is 19 years old and living in a crowded Rohingya refugee settlement in Bangladesh. He says his life is shattered.In February...
Published on: June 15, 2025 | Source:Zimbabwe Court Strikes Down Provisions of Repressive Law
Click to expand Image Opposition supporters protest outside a court in Harare, Zimbabwe, June 27, 2024. 2024 Aaron Ufumeli/AP Photo On Wednesday, aHigh Court in Zimbabwe struck down provisions of the country’sCriminal Law Codification and Reform Act, commonly referred to as the “Patriotic Act,” as unconstitutional.The Patriotic Act, which President Emmerson Mnangagwasigned into law in July 2023, contains overly broad...
Published on: June 14, 2025 | Source:Journalists in Chad Entitled to Pretrial Release
Click to expand Image The High Court in N'Djamena, Chad, December 5, 2022. 2022 Denis Sassou Gueipeur/AFP via Getty Images Last week marked three months since Olivier Monodji, editor ofLe Pays and a correspondent for Radio France Internationale, and Mahamat Saleh Alhissein, a reporter with state broadcaster Télé Tchad, werearrested inChad. There are other co-accused in their case. Prosecutors alleged the journalists...
Published on: June 14, 2025 | Source:Big Tech Comes to Tucker County, West Virginia
People in a West Virginia community want transparency about massive data center projects proposed for their county—but haven’t gotten it.
Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source:G7 Should Prioritize Action to End Israeli Atrocities
Click to expand Image A Canada flag and an Alberta flag in Kananaskis, Alberta, June 2, 2025. 2025 Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP Photo (Ottawa) – G7 leaders should commit to taking concrete actions to halt Israeli atrocities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory at their upcoming summit, Human Rights Watch said today in aletter to G7 leaders.Leaders of the G7 will be gathering in Kananaskis, Alberta from...
Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source:Japan Acts to Protect Athletes from Abuse
Click to expand Image Photos de jeunes athlètes au Japon, pays hôte des Jeux olympiques de Tokyo de 2020 et des Jeux paralympiques de 2021. Le Stade olympique de Tokyo (photo du haut, à droite), a été le principal site des JO. Un rapport publié par Human Rights Watch en juillet 2020 a décrit les abus subis par de nombreux jeunes athlètes dans ce pays. Photos 2019 imagenavi/Aflo ; 2005 Doable/a.collectionRF/amanaimages...
Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source:ILO Commits to International Standards on Gig Work
Click to expand Image Opening Ceremony of the 113th International Labour Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, June 2, 2025. 2025 Violaine Martin / OIT (Geneva) – The agreement by the International Labour Organization (ILO) on June 13, 2025, to develop binding global standards on decent work in the “platform economy,” or gig work, is a positive breakthrough, Human Rights Watch said today. A majority of ILO member states...
Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source:Denmark: Put Fundamental Rights at Top of EU Agenda
(Stockholm, June 13, 2025)– Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen should use Denmark’s upcoming Presidency of the Council of the European Union to champion human rights, the rule of law, and accountability across the EU and beyond, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to the Danish government.Denmark will hold the rotating EU presidency from July to December 2025, a pivotal period for the protection of EU values amid...
Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source:What Happens When Your NSF Grant Is Canceled?
Grants are being canceled all over the United States. One professor at Northern Arizona University offers a first-hand account of what this means for students and teachers.
Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source:Amid Job Corps Cuts, HBCU Leaders Are Stepping Up
With the fate of Job Corps uncertain, HBCU leaders are stepping up to help impacted students.
Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source:UN Afghanistan Expert Renews Call for Wide-Ranging Accountability Body
Click to expand Image An Afghan woman walks among Taliban soldiers at a checkpoint in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 6, 2023. 2023 Ali Khara/Reuters The United Nations special rapporteur on Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, reiterated in his latestreport his call for states to establish a comprehensive mechanism to advance accountability in Afghanistan for grave past and ongoing rights abuses, particularly against women and...
Published on: June 13, 2025 | Source:UN Panel Finds Guatemala Responsible for Forcing Girl into Unwanted Pregnancy, Motherhood
Click to expand Image 2025 Doris Miranda for Human Rights Watch The United Nations Human Rights Committee has issued a landmarkruling holding Guatemala accountable for violating the rights ofFátima, a 13-year-old girl who was forced to continue a pregnancy resulting from rape and become a mother when she was still a child herself. Thisdecision highlights the need for Guatemala to take action to prevent sexual violence...
Published on: June 12, 2025 | Source:New Tariffs Will Likely Deepen Economic Burdens for Women of Color
Women and nonbinary people of color already face economic burdens. Although blocked for now, how could Trump’s proposed tariffs impact them?
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