The Italian Constitutional Court’s recent ruling upholding a law that imposes sanctions on sea rescue groups casts a dark shadow over sea rescue, but that cloud has a silver lining.

Greece has suspended the ability for people coming by boat via North Africa to seek asylum –violating their rights, potentially putting their lives at risk and flouting its obligations under EU law.

In a landmark case for athletes’ rights, Caster Semenya, the star South African runner, won her case at the European Court of ...

Gender-based violence against women and girls violates CEDAW. As the CEDAW Committee wrote in 1992: “Gender-based violence is ...

Stacey-Leigh Manuel Published on Listen to Article United Nations member States are formulating their positions on a ...

Richard Pearshouse is the director of Environment and Human Rights Division at Human Rights Watch. From 2018 to 2022, he was Head of Crisis and the Environment at Amnesty International, where he ...

Des manifestants arrêtés pour avoir participé aux manifestations pacifiques de juillet 2021 à Cuba ont été victimes de graves ...

Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (the “Committee”) in advance of its upcoming public session on the situation of ...

The ICC, which has a mandate to investigate and prosecute some of the most serious crimes under international law, is the ...

Human Rights Watch submits the following information regarding Nepal’s human rights record since its 2021 Universal Periodic Review (UPR), including efforts towards implementation of recommendations ...

Cuba : Des ex-détenus décrivent les abus subis en prison Ils avaient été emprisonnés suite aux manifestations de 2021 ; quatre ans plus tard, des centaines d’autres personnes sont toujours ...

On July 9, the US government imposed sanctions on UN Human Rights Council-appointed Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967 Francesca ...