Human Rights & Public Liberties

Human Rights & Public Liberties

Newsletter
13 Jan, 2021

Campaigns

Belgium Cannot Apologize Its Way Out of Colonial Justice

The organisations now call on Belgium to implement the judgment promptly, refrain from further delay, and adopt a comprehensive reparations framework for all Métis people…

25 May, 2026

The Execution Surge

Nearly half of all recorded executions globally were for drug-related offences, a category that does not meet the threshold of the most serious crimes under…

18 May, 2026

A City Born of Crisis: How Dadaab, One of the Largest and Oldest Refugee Settlements on Earth, Faces an Uncertain Future Amid Funding Collapse, Political Ambition, and Fragile Hope

The world’s most enduring refugee complex faces a convergence of funding collapse, political ambition, and fragile hope! The Dadaab refugee complex was established in 1991,…

18 May, 2026

Vaccines Have Saved Millions, but the Battle Is Far from Won

World Immunization Week marks a half-century of extraordinary progress and a midterm warning from the Immunization Agenda 2030.

26 April, 2026

Development’s Dwindling Dividend

One quarter of developing countries still have lower per capita income than before the Covid-19 pandemic. Some 3.4 billion people live in countries that spend…

21 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

Mines, Morals and Deserters

The Mine Ban Treaty Under Siege! Croatia just declared itself mine-free after thirty years and $1.38 billion. At almost the same moment, five European states…

5 April, 2026

The Enduring Scourge of Landmines

Nearly 6,300 people were maimed or killed by mines and explosive remnants of war in 2024. Most were civilians going about their daily lives. The…

1 April, 2026

The Question of Palestine Action’s Digital Presence

As the landscape of online expression continues to evolve under the shadow of regulation and scrutiny, the call for transparency from regulatory bodies like Ofcom…

4 March, 2026

Rohingya Merits Hearings End — ICJ Case Concludes

The hearings represent a significant procedural milestone toward international accountability, with implications for reparations, criminal referral, and broader norms against ethnic cleansing.

1 February, 2026

Aid Flotilla Detainees Face Deportation as Protests Mount

The detentions have fuelled a wave of international protests demanding an end to the war in Gaza and the release of the flotilla’s participants.  

6 October, 2025

Pro-Palestinian Protests Sweep Cities Worldwide

In Brazil, campaigners built a memorial linking the anguish of children in Gaza and Israel alike, a small symbol of the way the conflict’s human…

5 October, 2025