Senegal’s growing crackdown on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) people is violating their rights, causing ...

Burundi is set to win re-election to the United Nations Human Rights Council in a vote on October 12, 2026, with no competition.

A record number of countries at the United Nations Human Rights Council this week voted to support a resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan. For the first time, ...

Israeli forces continue to kill and wound civilians and deny sufficient food, aid, and water to Palestinians in Gaza one year ...

The Trump administration’s decision to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) is an unprecedented assault on global justice and the rule of law.

The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has called on Uganda to significantly expand government support for ...

The UN Human Rights Council on October 6 extended the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in ...

As armed conflicts proliferate around the globe, World Mental Health Day is a reminder that the psychological toll stemming ...

The Norwegian Nobel Committee on October 9, 2026, announced that Navi Pillay was the 2026 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

Bahraini authorities have rearrested at least nine men who had previously been released from prison by royal pardon.

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim should press Myanmar’s junta leader, Min Aung Hlaing, to end human rights abuses ...

The Trump administration is sending hundreds of people who can’t be deported to their own countries, because of the danger ...