The United Nations voted to renew the mandate of the Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) on Monday. The UN ...

The human genome is the complete set of genetic material of the human being. UNESCO regards the human genome as the “heritage of humanity”. UNESCO believes it should be protected and passed on to ...

Egypt launched its new National Strategy for Human Rights earlier this week from the New Administrative Capital. The strategy will run until 2026 and address civilian and political rights ...

The Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Belarus and Russia have prepared a joint report “On the Human Rights Situation in Selected Countries”, BelTA has learned.

However, the UK’s approach has fallen short of the strategic response required by the challenges China presents. Deeper ...

Successive governments have expressed an intention to repeal the HRA and replace it with a less protective Bill of Rights. While there are no active plans to do so that we are aware of, this remains a ...

This annual World Report is dedicated to the memory of our beloved colleague Dewa Mavhinga, Southern Africa director at Human Rights Watch, who died on December 4, aged 42. Dewa was a respected ...

Syrian rights and civil society groups, as well as Human Rights Watch, have reported that SNA factions are still detaining, extorting and torturing Kurdish civilians in northern Syria with impunity.

BRUSSELS — The European Union says there are “indications” that Israel’s actions in Gaza are violating human rights obligations in the agreement governing its ties with the EU — but the ...

Richard Dicker, director of Human Rights Watch's international justice program since it was founded in 2001, has worked at Human Rights Watch since 1991. He started working on international ...

Nick Frost, the man chosen to play Hagrid in HBO ‘s hotly anticipated Harry Potter series, has said he does not agree “in any way” with J.K. Rowling over the issue of trans rights. The Shaun ...

Generations of Chinese, including our columnist, turned to U.S. government-run outlets for an education in democracy, rights and the English language. By Li Yuan ...