Human Rights & Public Liberties

Human Rights & Public Liberties

Newsletter
13 Jan, 2021

Humanitarian Crisis

Don’t Diminish the UN Peacekeeping Mission in South Sudan

HRW urges Security Council members to maintain the mission’s full civilian protection mandate and calls on regional and international partners to push back against obstruction,…

14 April, 2026

Sudan: World Leaders Must Act on Ongoing Atrocities

HRW is urging the EU to join a newly formed atrocity prevention coalition, pressing the African Union to move beyond statements toward coordinated diplomatic action,…

14 April, 2026

In South Sudan, Both Sides Are Using Civilians as A Weapon

The scale of the crisis is staggering. Since clashes between the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition intensified…

13 April, 2026

Haiti’s Collapse

The plight of women and girls is particularly grim. In 2025, 8,100 survivors of gender-based violence were recorded, a 25% increase on the previous year.…

12 April, 2026

War & Accountability

Women and children survived on animal fodder while European foreign ministers drafted carefully worded communiques about their deep concern!A coalition of major rights organisations, including…

8 April, 2026

Global Austerity & Sudan’s Bottomless Pit

Sudan is, by almost every measure, the world’s most acute humanitarian crisis. The 2026 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan, published by OCHA, puts the number…

7 April, 2026

Human Rights & The Middle East’s Grinding Machine

Israeli strikes across Lebanon killed at least 39 people on a single Sunday in late March, according to UN-monitored reports. In Gaza, the UN and…

7 April, 2026

Bombs, Rubble and Rising Humanitarian Need

As Israeli strikes continue across Lebanon, the human toll mounts and the prospects for peace recede

6 April, 2026

Lebanon at a Breaking Point

The UN’s most senior humanitarian official has warned the Security Council that Lebanon is staring into an abyss. The country’s crises have a way of…

1 April, 2026