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States Take Steps Toward Reforming Economic Approaches with Rights
Click to expand Image The United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, June 13, 2022. 2022 Valentin Flauraud/Keystone via AP Photo On April 3, theUnited Nations Human Rights Council adopted by consensus a resolution about “the realization in all countries of economic, social and cultural rights”. This year’s text focuses on the importance of development financing in fulfilling these rights.The...
Published on: April 03, 2025 | Source:
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UN: Treaty on Older People’s Rights Moves Ahead
Click to expand Image The United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, June 13, 2022. 2022 Valentin Flauraud/Keystone via AP Photo (Geneva, April 3, 2025) – TheUnited Nations Human Rights Council on April 3, 2025, began an intergovernmental process to draft an international human rights treaty on older people, Human Rights Watch said today. The consensus resolution is an important victory for human...
Published on: April 03, 2025 | Source:US: End Campaign of Draconian Campus Arrests
Click to expand Image Pro-Palestinian student protesters at a demonstration at Columbia University on the third day of "Gaza Solidarity Encampment" in New York, US, April 19, 2024. 2024 Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images (Washington, DC) – The US government should end its sweeping effort to arbitrarily arrest and deport international students and scholars in retaliation for their political viewpoints and activism...
Published on: April 03, 2025 | Source:Argentina: Abusive Response to Protest
A riot police officer shoots a tear gas canister at protesters during a demonstration of pensioners calling for improvements to their pensions and access to free medicines, among other demands, in Buenos Aires on March 12, 2025. LUIS ROBAYO/AFP via Getty Images (Washington, DC) –Argentine authorities should investigate security forces’ use of force to confront a protest led by pensioners and review an “anti-protest”...
Published on: April 03, 2025 | Source:Burkina Faso’s Relentless Crackdown on Dissent, Media
Click to expand Image A screenshot of the list of individuals “actively wanted for criminal association in relation to a terrorist enterprise” published by Burkinabe security minister on April, 1, 2025. The list includes prominent critics of the junta, April 1, 2025. 2025 MATDS Burkina Faso/Facebook “I rose through the ranks!” joked Maixent Somé, an exiled Burkinabè activist and critic of the country's military junta...
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:How TIFs Impact Racial and Economic Justice at the Local Level
Tax increment financing is one of the most common economic development local financing tools around. Unfortunately, its economic and racial justice impacts are highly negative. This must change.
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:How to Hold Dollar Store Chains Accountable and Protect Communities
The US South is home to many stores in the nation’s growing dollar store retail networks. Achieving economic justice for these workers is a vital movement task.
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:New Risks from Latest Scheme under Italy-Albania Immigration Deal
Click to expand Image A member of the Italian Army stands in front of an immigration detention camp built by Italy in Gjader, Albania, October 11, 2024. 2024 Florion Goga/Reuters After building immigration facilities in Albania that now stand empty, the Italian government has decided to turn one of them into an offshore detention center. But this will only replicate the problems already seen in detention centers...
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:Hungary: Arrest, Don’t Welcome ICC Fugitive Netanyahu
Click to expand Image Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, left, is welcomed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, July 19, 2018. 2018 Debbie Hill/AP Photo (Washington, DC) –Hungaryshould deny entry to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or arrest him if he enters the country, Human Rights Watch said today. Netanyahu’s office announcedthat he is planning to travel toHungaryon April 2,...
Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source:Japan Makes High School Education Free – Again
Click to expand Image A Tokyo public high school corridor. 2023 Bede Sheppard / Human Rights Watch Japan’s parliament, the Diet,voted this week to make public high school free for all children. Tuition fees had been abolished in 2010, but then reinstated in 2013.The new measure, approved in the budget, will expand equal opportunity in education, and should increase education access and certainty for children of...
Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source:On the Frontlines: Lessons from New York’s Immigrant Defense Project
As nonprofits, mutual aid groups, and activist movements across the country mobilize to protect migrants and immigrants, the Immigrant Defense Project shares lessons and strategies.
Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source:Germany’s Social Democrats Should Defend EU Supply Chains Laws
Click to expand Image Bangladesh Federation of Worker Solidarity activists hold a rally in Dhaka on May 7, 2023 to mark ten years since the Rana Plaza building collapse that killed more than 1,130 people. 2023 Mamunur Rashid/NurPhoto via AP Twelve years ago this April, the Rana Plaza factory building in Bangladesh collapsed,killing more than 1,100 garment workers and injuring more than 2,000 in one of the largest...
Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source:Myanmar: Allow Immediate Aid to Quake-Stricken Areas
Click to expand Image Medical workers transport an earthquake casualty at a hospital in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, on March 28, 2025. 2025 SAI AUNG MAIN/AFP via Getty Images (Bangkok) –Myanmar’s military junta should allow immediate unfettered access to humanitarian aid for earthquake survivors and lift restrictions that impede the emergency response, Human Rights Watch said today. Since the earthquake struck at 12:50 p.m....
Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source:Karakalpak Lawyer Imprisoned in Uzbekistan Alleges Torture, Again
Click to expand Image Dauletmurat Tazhimuratov in the defendants' cage on the last day of his trial on charges related to the July 2022 protests in Nukus, the main city in Karakalpakstan, at a court in Bukhara, Uzbekistan on January 31, 2023. 2023 Eurasianet New allegations of ill-treatment and torture by Dauletmurat Tazhimuratov, the wrongfully imprisoned Karakalpak blogger and lawyer, have emerged following a prison...
Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source:Bridging the Gap: How AI and Tech Can Support Domestic Violence Advocacy
In response to the prevalence of domestic violence, technology activists in the United States and worldwide are leveraging generative artificial intelligence (AI) and chatbots, even virtual reality (VR), to provide accessible, innovative solutions to help survivors where traditional resources may fall short.
Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source:Backsliding on Landmines Endangers Civilian Lives
Click to expand Image A demining team from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine is clearing a large forest contaminated with landmines, booby traps, and unexploded ordnance in the Lyman Raion of Donetsk Oblast on February 12, 2025 in Donetsk Region, Ukraine. 2025 Pierre Crom/Getty Images Update: On April 1, 2025, Finland’s prime minister announced that his government was preparing to withdraw from the Mine Ban...
Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source:Trans Refugees: What Trans People Need to Know About Finding Safety Abroad
The growing wave of anti-trans legislation in the United States has forced many transgender people to consider whether they can safely remain in the country. While some are preparing escape plans and exploring international relocation options, others face significant barriers that make leaving nearly impossible.
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:The Art Effect: Neuroaesthetics and the Future of Health Equity
When workspaces, schools, and community spaces incorporate art, biophilic design, and other sensory engagement as tools for healing, prevention, and community building, they provide free, meaningful pathways to mental and emotional health that don’t rely solely on conventional medical models.
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:The Virtual Healer
Editors’ note: This piece is fromNonprofit Quarterly Magazine’s winter 2024 issue, “Health Justice in the Digital Age: Can We Harness AI for Good?” In the year 2080, medical advancements have reached dizzying heights. Crowded hospitals are relics of history, as the majority of healthcare has shifted to the virtual world. People are no longer treated
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:Why We Need a ‘Human Rights Economy’
Click to expand Image Julius Kamau, a Kenyan human rights activist, holds a poster that reads "poverty is man-made" in Nairobi's Central Business District, October 25, 2022. 2022 Sipa via AP Images Since 2020, the five richest men in the world have doubled their fortunes while almost five billion people have become poorer. A growing sense of economic injustice and insecurity is contributing to the rise of...
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:Sudan: 20th Anniversary of Darfur ICC Referral
Click to expand Image Displaced people living in Ardamata camp in El Geneina, capital of West Darfur, welcoming the start of proceedings in the case against “Janjaweed” militia leader Ali Kosheib at the International Criminal Court. Photos courtesy of Radio Dabanga www.dabangasudan.org. Private, June 16, 2020 Two decades after the United Nations Security Council referred crimes in Darfur to the International Criminal...
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:Uzbekistan: Free Blogger from Forced Psychiatric Detention
Click to expand Image Uzbek blogger Valijon Kalonov at a psychiatric hospital in Jizzakh, Uzbekistan, where he has been forcibly detainedsince 2021 for criticizing the president. Aleksey Garshin 2022 (Berlin, March 31, 2025) – The Uzbekistan government should immediately release and compensate the blogger and activist Valijon Kalonov who has been forcibly detained in a psychiatric hospital since December 2021, the...
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:Iran: Unconditionally Release Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi
Click to expand Image Nobel Peace Prize winner and human rights defender Narges Mohammadi, Tehran, Iran, April 2, 2021. 2021 Reihane Taravati/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images (Beirut) – Iranian authorities are threatening to return the human rights defender and Nobel Peace Laureate Narges Mohammadi to prison to serve the remainder of her unjust sentence as a means to pressure her to cease her rights advocacy,...
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:Trans Rights in Mexico: Progress and Challenges
Click to expand Image A demonstrator throws colored papers shaped like butterflies during a protest demanding a law to protect the rights of the transgender community outside of the Congress building in Mexico City, March 31, 2024. 2024 AP Photo/Fernando Llano March 31 marks the International Day of Transgender Visibility, a moment to celebrate the achievements and resilience of trans people around the world, while...
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan: Put Rights at Center of Border Deal
Click to expand Image Top left:The wreckage of a Tajik ambulance that was attacked near a bridge by the Kyrgyz-Tajik border in Chorbog, on September 16, 2022. 2022 Jean-Baptiste Gallopin/Human Rights Watch. 2022 Jean-BaptisteGallopin/Human Rights Watch.Top right:Thecourtyard of the house of an83-year-oldwoman from Khistevarz (Tajikistan), who was killed on September 16, 2022, when an artillery shell hit the house....
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:India: Ethnic Clashes Restart in Manipur
Click to expand Image Police fire tear gas shells to disperse students protesting against ethnic violence in Imphal, in India's northeastern state of Manipur, September 10, 2024. 2024 Paojel Chaoba/AP Photo India’s northeastern state of Manipur is facing risks of renewed ethnic violence despite the resignation of its divisive chief minister and the imposition of president’s rule on February 13, 2025.India’s Supreme...
Published on: March 28, 2025 | Source:Japan’s ‘Hostage Justice’ Survivors Urge Legal Reforms at Diet
Click to expand Image Masaaki Ohkawara (L), president of Ohkawara Kakohki Co., Ltd., and Junji Shimada (C) attend a press conference in Tokyo on June 5, 2024. 2024 The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images On Wednesday, in Japan’s Diet, the House of Representatives Committee on Judicial Affairs held a hearing on the country’s abusive “hostage justice” system. To pressure suspects to confess to crimes, prosecutors have long...
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:UN Committee Criticizes Canada’s Immigration Detention Practices
Click to expand Image An officer demonstrates locking the door of a wet cell at the Toronto Immigration Holding Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, February 19, 2025. 2025 COLE BURSTON/AFP via Getty Images This week, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities issued a bleak assessment of Canada’s immigration detention system, calling for Canada to protect the legal capacity rights of...
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Burkina Faso: Journalists Arrested in Media Clampdown
Click to expand Image Guezouma Sanogo (L) and Boukari Ouoba. Private (Nairobi) – Burkina Faso’s military junta arrested three journalists on March 24, 2025, for reporting on the government crackdown on the media, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities arrested Guezouma Sanogo and Boukari Ouoba, respectively president and vice president of the Burkina Faso’s Journalists Association (Association des journalistes...
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:What Is an Ethical Supply Chain—And Why Does It Matter?
The companies and institutions most responsible for deforestation support unsustainable practices and contribute to harm. What would an ethical supply chain look like instead?
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Countering Criminalization: The Vital Role of Organizing Against Homelessness
Homelessness is rising, and homeless people are being criminalized. To counter those trends, support for unhoused people to organize on their own behalf is critical.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Nicaragua: UN Rights Council Should Renew Experts’ Mandate
Members of the Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua hold a press conference during the 58th Human Rights Council session at the UN's European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, February 26, 2025. 2025 Til Buergy/Keystone via AP (Geneva) – TheUnited Nations Human Rights Council should extend the mandate of the Group of Human Rights Experts onNicaragua for an additional two years, Human Rights Watch said today....
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:AI Disruption and Marginalized Communities: Nonprofits as Catalysts for Workforce Equity
Across industries, workers are being displaced by AI and automation at alarming rates. But nonprofits have the opportunity to empower individuals with the skills they need to thrive.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:Disaster Recovery Requires Community Care—But Also Government Support
After Hurricane Helene, community groups like BeLoved Asheville have shown what community care can look like in the wake of the natural disaster. Government resources must also be allocated to meet people’s needs.
Published on: March 27, 2025 | Source:EU/Central Asia: Deepening Ties Should Center Human Rights
Click to expand Image Officials from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan attend the meeting of Foreign Ministers of Central Asia and the European Union in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, November 17, 2022. 2022 Photo by Bahtiyar Abdulkerimov/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (Brussels, March 27, 2025) –TheEuropean Union should put human rights at the center of its intensifying engagement with Central...
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