A bill introduced by a member of Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party is designed to gut civil society and strangle freedom of ...

Global momentum to prohibit and regulate “killer robots” seems to be building, as evidenced by numerous countries’ ...

(Washington, DC) – Authorities in El Salvador have arrested the prominent human rights lawyer Ruth Eleonora López, Human ...

A future Crimes Against Humanity Convention holds tremendous potential to strengthen protection for people at risk of egregious rights violations when part of a widespread or systematic attack ...

Rival armed groups and quasi-state forces in Libya failed to protect civilians during clashes in Tripoli last week, leading ...

Mali’s government should credibly and independently investigate the apparent extrajudicial executions of at least 22 men ...

Last week, university student Esila Ayık was released after 40 days in detention following her arrest for holding a banner ...

Stemming from a draconian 2015 law, the designation “undesirable” has multiple impacts. It doesn’t just criminalize the ...

Syria’s transitional authorities announced presidential decrees establishing two new government bodies: the Transitional ...

Family members of Afghans unlawfully killed by foreign military forces during the 20-year war in Afghanistan have been ...

Palestinian civil society, joined by humanitarian and human rights organizations worldwide, issues this urgent and unified ...

Tamils in Sri Lanka gathered to commemorate those who died or went missing in the country’s civil war, which lasted from 1983 ...