Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights’ thematic report on “Welfare and Control: The Paternalism of Support,” ...

On February 27 and 28, 2025, European Union commissioners will conduct an “unprecedented visit” to India, seeking to “upgrade ...

In Indonesia, Islamist groups have long misused the country’s blasphemy law as a political weapon to target perceived critics ...

The European Union, its member states, and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency Frontex should make saving lives at sea the priority, Human Rights Watch said in a multimedia feature essay ...

Sunday’s federal elections in Germany were held at a time when Germany’s support for human rights both at home and on the ...

The National Code of Civil and Family Procedure (CNPCF), published in the Official Gazette of the Federation on June 7, 2023, represents an unprecedented milestone in the legal history of the country, ...

Saudi authorities should not extradite Ahmed Kamel to Egypt, where he is at serious risk of arbitrary detention and torture ...

Russia’s indiscriminate bombing has been well-documented in many cities since: Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Kherson, Kramatorsk, ...

Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to provide input to inform the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights’ report on the rights of the child and violations of human rights in armed ...

EU High Representative Kaja Kallas and EU foreign ministers should unequivocally condemn Israel’s atrocity crimes and other serious violations of international law during the EU-Israel Association ...

Until now, the international response to the rapidly escalating crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where the ...

Power has its perks in Niger and the rules are being rewritten by those in charge. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) had rejected that original plan for a three-year transition.