Human Rights & Public Liberties

Human Rights & Public Liberties

Newsletter
Published on: 13 Jan, 2021

Reports

Turk’s Annual Rights Report Opens U.N. Session in Geneva

Each year, during one of the Council’s three regular sessions, the High Commissioner presents a comprehensive assessment of global human rights violations. This year’s report ..

Published on: 16 June, 2025

Nuclear ambitions rise as arms control crumbles

Israel continues to keep its nuclear arsenal shrouded in secrecy, estimated at around 90 warheads, while quietly upgrading missile technology and fissile material production facilities. ..

Published on: 15 June, 2025

The Courts Without Power in a State Without Law

The international community, particularly the ICC and the United Nations, can and should continue to engage—but responsibility ultimately lies with Libyan authorities. The law must ..

Published on: 2 June, 2025

Collateral Damage Mounts

Civilian casualties and the destruction of infrastructure are on the rise, driven by escalating armed conflicts and geopolitical tensions, often in defiance of international humanitarian ..

Published on: 21 May, 2025

UN Urges Action on Human Rights Violations in the USA, Venezuela, and Egypt

The UN has raised concerns over human rights violations in the USA, Venezuela, and Egypt. In the USA, mass deportations, including missing Venezuelans and Salvadorans, ..

Published on: 13 May, 2025

UK Arms Exports to Israel Uncovered in New Report Amidst Government Misleading Claims

The joint investigation, conducted by the Palestinian Youth Movement, Progressive International, and Workers for a Free Palestine, details a broad array of military shipments from ..

Published on: 8 May, 2025

The State of the World’s Human Rights: April 2025

The report documents human rights concerns during 2024 in 150 countries, connecting global and regional issues and looking to the future.

Published on: 30 April, 2025

Human Rights Watch 2024 Report Highlights Global Inaction Amidst Unfolding Atrocities

The 2024 HRW World Report serves as a stark reminder of the human cost of inaction and the pressing need for global solidarity and accountability ..

Published on: 16 January, 2025

HRW/Israel’s Crimes Against Humanity in Gaza

Mass Forced Displacement and Widespread Destruction

Published on: 14 November, 2024

UN report on the torture of Palestinian prisoners

The embargoed report details accounts of torture, sexual violence, humiliations, and killing. It considers that Palestinians taken from Gaza were abducted and that Israel is ..

Published on: 30 July, 2024

Children had been abused in New Zealand

The report covers accounts of survivors’ suffering in state and faith-based care between 1950 and 1999 and is expected to indict successive governments for allegedly ..

Published on: 24 July, 2024

Hunger is still on the rise

In 2023, an estimated 28.9 percent of the global population – 2.33 billion people – were moderately or severely food insecure.

Published on: 24 July, 2024