Human Rights Watch

Middle East Conflict: Coordinated, Comprehensive and Impartial Approach to All Violations Needed

This statement was delivered by Human Rights Watch at the 61st regular session of the UN Human Rights Council during an urgent debate "to discuss the recent military aggression launched by the Islamic ...
Columbia Daily Spectator

UN special rapporteurs report potential human rights violations against pro-Palestinian protesters in letter to Shipman

Five United Nations special rapporteurs expressed concern over potential human rights violations in an Oct. 14 letter to acting University President Claire Shipman, CC ’86, SIPA ’94, obtained by ...
Human Rights Watch

Joint Letter Calling for an Independent Mandate to Investigate Rights Violations and Abuses by All Parties in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

We, the undersigned 79 Congolese, regional, and international human rights organizations, write to appeal to you to urgently work to establish, in the context of a special session of the UN Human ...
EurekAlert!

A sequence of human rights violations precedes mass atrocities, new research shows

The road to genocide doesn’t begin with bullets and mass graves, but with more subtle violations. Declining workers’ rights or compromises on the right to a fair trial may come first. Brutality by law ...
The Diplomat

Cementing Impunity: The Prabowo Administration and Past Human Rights Abuses in Indonesia

Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto arrives at at ceremony where President Joko Widodo presented him with the rank of four-star general in Jakarta, Indonesia, Feb. 28, 2024. Credit: ...