Human Rights & Public Liberties

Human Rights & Public Liberties

Newsletter
13 Jan, 2021

Armed Conflict

In Southern Lebanon, a Ceasefire That Kills

Israeli forces have maintained a security zone several kilometres inside Lebanese territory and have been destroying civilian infrastructure and homes within it. More than one…

4 May, 2026

South Sudan: A Nation Starving

Some 2.2 million children suffer from acute malnutrition. The number of acutely malnourished children aged six months to five years has risen by 100,000 cases…

29 April, 2026

Sahel Under Siege: Coordinated Attacks Devastate Mali

UN Secretary-General António Guterres responded by calling for “robust security coordination” across the wider Sahel region and for urgent humanitarian funding to reach the 3.8…

27 April, 2026

Hunger & Conflict

The crisis is compounded by a collapse in financing: humanitarian and development funding for food and nutrition responses has fallen to levels last seen nearly…

27 April, 2026

In Gaza and Iran, the Health Toll of War Deepens

More than 1,800 health facilities have been damaged or destroyed in Gaza; in Iran, three months of dialysis-filter supplies remain.

26 April, 2026

The Treaty Holding the Nuclear Order Together Is Fraying at the Seams

A review conference beginning April 27th convenes as every Cold War-era arms-control agreement has either expired or been abandoned.

26 April, 2026

Sudan’s Women: Nowhere Is Safe

Three years of war have left millions displaced, imperilled and underfunded. What do Sudan’s women say they want? Overwhelmingly, they want to go home. Pending…

19 April, 2026

The World Pledged Nearly $1.8 Billion for Sudan

The structural problem with the conference was one it shared with its predecessors in Paris and London. Neither the Sudanese Armed Forces nor the paramilitary…

16 April, 2026

Diplomacy Flickers in Washington While the Bombs Keep Falling on Lebanon

The humanitarian consequences are beginning to ripple outward. The United Nations warned this week that uncertainty over the Strait of Hormuz is threatening to choke…

16 April, 2026

Abandoned, Not Forgotten

Callamard called on the UN Security Council to extend the existing arms embargo beyond Darfur to the rest of Sudan. She also implicated the United…

15 April, 2026

A War on Women and Children

The drone war has also destroyed the infrastructure upon which civilian life depends. Between 70 and 80 percent of health facilities in conflict areas are…

15 April, 2026

Three Years into a War That Has Shattered a Nation, the World Convenes in Berlin with Fine Words and Empty Coffers

“This grim and chastening anniversary marks another year when the world has failed to meet the test of Sudan,” said Tom Fletcher, the UN’s Emergency…

15 April, 2026