Category: Human Rights

Laws passed by Peru’s Congress have undermined the independence and capacity of judges and prosecutors to fight organized crime. Homicides, extortion, and illegal mining have exponentially grown in the last years, affecting the rights to life and physical integrity of Peruvians. As Peru pursues its accession process, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development should […]

On Friday, the UN Security Council heard sobering briefings from Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, and Shayna Lewis, Sudan Specialist and Senior Advisor with Preventing and Ending Mass Atrocities (PAEMA), a US-based organization. Ms. Pobee stressed that front lines continue to shift as the RSF and SAF press on with their military objectives, […]

Białowieża Forest, Poland – July 2025 – In the dense, marshy terrain of Europe’s last primeval forest, humanitarian volunteers are racing against time to aid refugees stranded along the Polish-Belarusian border, where a four-year crisis has escalated into a humanitarian emergency. 🚧 A Border Fortified, But Not Impenetrable Since 2021, Poland has responded to Belarus’s […]

(Nairobi) – Central African Republic authorities arrested activists holding a memorial event for students who died in a high school explosion, Human Rights Watch said today. On June 27, 2025, civil society activists organized a vigil in memory of the students who died in the explosion on June 25 at Barthelemy Boganda High School in […]

It covers the period from 1 December 2024 to 31 May 2025, during which 986 civilians were killed and 4,807 injured – a 37 per cent increase compared to the same period the previous year. “The war in Ukraine – now in its fourth year – is becoming increasingly deadly for civilians,” said Danielle Bell, […]

Today the UN Human Rights Council firmly rejected Eritrea’s attempt to end scrutiny of its human rights situation. Council members decisively voted down the Eritrean government’s resolution to end the mandate of the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea and instead renewed the mandate for another year. This vote – […]

Escalating conflict in Ukraine In an oral update, Ilze Brands Kehris, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, reported a sharp escalation in hostilities in Ukraine. Civilian casualties have surged, with April to June seeing nearly 50 per cent more deaths and injuries compared to the same period in 2024. “More than 90 per cent of […]

Since September 2023, more than 2.43 million undocumented Afghan migrants have returned from Iran and Pakistan. Women and girls account for about half of the returnees from Pakistan, while their share among those returning from Iran has been steadily rising, reaching around 30 per cent in June. The escalating pace of returns is straining Afghanistan’s […]

Harare, 3 July 2025 – Press freedom advocates are calling for the immediate release of Faith Zaba, editor of the Zimbabwe Independent, following her arrest over a satirical column critical of President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Zaba was charged with undermining or insulting the authority of the president after publishing an article titled “When you become mafia […]