Gender stereotypes are such a pervasive part of everyday life that it can be hard to even recognize them—but they do ...

The European Commission’s announcement that it would not initiate a process to further amend the text of its milestone ...

Reports emerged in April that the US government was considering resetting diplomatic ties with Eritrea. Doing so could ...

The latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification report on South Sudan offers a damning indictment of the immense ...

The military authorities in Burkina Faso are tightening their grip on what people can see, hear, and know. On May 5, Burkina Faso’s media regulator ordered the suspension of French broadcaster ...

We write in advance of the 100th Pre-Session Working Group of the Committee on the Rights of the Child and its review of Malaysia to highlight areas of concern regarding the Malaysian government’s ...

Human Rights Watch would like to congratulate the CEDAW Committee on the important work it has undertaking to develop this ...

The commission established to investigate violence during and after Tanzania’s October 2025 general elections submitted its ...

The US Supreme Court paused on Monday an order by the country’s Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that had inflicted a serious ...

When an Uzbekistan court on May 1 found the Karakalpak lawyer and blogger Dauletmurat Tazhimuratov guilty of committing ...

Georgia’s new centralized health database law took effect on May 1, creating serious risks of privacy violations and ...

The Malaysian government began a refugee registration system in January 2026 that has raised protection, rights, and privacy ...