Human Rights Watch mourns the loss of Jimmy Carter, who made trailblazing contributions to the human rights movement during ...

Police and other security forces have used brutal violence against largely peaceful protesters in Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi, ...

The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention against Cybercrime on December 24, despite widespread concerns ...

The world’s leading experts on hunger, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Famine Review Committee, found ...

US President Joe Biden announced on December 23, 2024 that he is commuting the sentences of 37 people on federal death row.

Despite great strides made by the international women’s rights movement over many years, women and girls around the world are still married as children or trafficked into forced labor and sex ...

Millions of children have no access to education, work long hours under hazardous conditions, or have their safety and futures threatened by armed conflict. They suffer targeted attacks on their ...

Human Rights Watch defends the rights of people in close to 100 countries worldwide, spotlighting abuses and bringing perpetrators to justice ...

The United States surpassed a horrific and unforgivable milestone in late September. With five prisoners executed in one week ...

Egypt’s parliament rushed to approve, “in principle,” a government proposed draft bill to replace the country’s 1950 Criminal ...

Mali’s armed forces, supported by the Russia-backed Wagner Group, and Islamist armed groups have committed serious abuses against civilians since the UN peacekeeping mission withdrew a year ago.