US: Lithium Mine Permit Violates Indigenous Peoples’ Rights
Click to expand Image Numu/Nuwu and Newe prayer riders overlooking the ongoing construction that is destroying the sacred land of Peehee Mu’huh. Nevada, March 26, 2024. © 2024 David Calvert The US...
View ArticleSpain’s Universal Child Benefit Could Transform Lives
Click to expand Image Two parents play with their children at a school in Valencia, Spain, September 12, 2022. © 2022 Jorge Gil/Europa Press via AP Photo Key cabinet ministers in Spain’s government...
View ArticleUN Censors Criticism of Saudi Arabia at Internet Conference
Click to expand Image A sign stands in front an empty seat for Saudi human rights activist Lina al-Hathloul, during the Internet Governance Forum in Riyadh, on December 18, 2024. © 2024 Haitham...
View ArticleMob in Bangladesh Destroys Ousted PM’s Family Home
Click to expand Image A man hammers the debris around the vandalized residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh's former leader and the father of the country's ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina,...
View ArticleGoogle Announces Willingness to Develop AI for Weapons
Click to expand Image New product announcements at Made By Google in Mountain View, California, August 13, 2024. © 2024 Juliana Yamada/AP Photo Google, a company that once went by the motto “don’t be...
View ArticleAccountability Elusive Two Years after Türkiye’s Devastating Earthquakes
Click to expand Image Döne Kaya, who lost family members in the February 6, 2023 earthquake in Türkiye, actively campaigns for accountability for earthquake deaths with the Platform for Families in...
View ArticleNortheast Syria: Camp Detainees Face Uncertain Future
Click to expand Image Kurdish-run al-Hol camp, which holds relatives of suspected Islamic State group fighters, in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh governorate, August 2, 2021. © 2021 Delil...
View ArticleSome US Adoptees Fear Stricter Immigration Policies, Mass Deportations
Click to expand Image Buttons is one of thousands of children adopted from abroad by American parents, many of them military service members, who were left without citizenship by loopholes in American...
View ArticleUS: Trump Authorizes International Criminal Court Sanctions
Click to expand Image The International Criminal Court (ICC) is seen in The Hague, Netherlands, November 7, 2019. © 2019 AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File (Washington, DC) – US government sanctions...
View ArticleUN Rights Council Launches Inquiry into Atrocities in Eastern DR Congo
Click to expand Image Residents walk by charred vehicles in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, January 31, 2025. © 2025 Moses Sawasawa/AP Photo The United Nations Human Rights Council today agreed by...
View ArticleUS Information Erasure Hurts Everyone
Click to expand Image A page, top, from the US government Census.gov website that displayed on January 24, 2025 about sexual orientation and gender identity, and the error page, bottom, showing the...
View ArticleUN Needs Backup Plan to Keep Saving Lives
Click to expand Image Palestinians receive humanitarian aid from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in Khan Younis, Gaza, February 5, 2025. ©...
View ArticleNegotiations for UN Tax Treaty Present Historic Opportunity for Rights
Click to expand Image An activist holds up a button as negotiations for the tax convention take place at the United Nations in New York, February 6, 2025. © 2025 Anne Marte Skaland Last week, United...
View ArticleJapan Prepares to Accept Medical Evacuees from Gaza
Click to expand Image Damage caused by an artillery shell that hit the maternity hospital inside the Nasser Medical Complex, in Khan Yunis, Gaza, December 17, 2023. © 2023 Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty...
View ArticleUS: Lifesaving Programs Remain Suspended Despite Waivers
Click to expand Image US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks after being sworn in by Vice President JD Vance near the White House in Washington, DC, January 21, 2025. © 2025 AP Photo/Evan Vucci...
View ArticleUS: New Jersey Indiscriminately Prosecutes Children as Adults
Click to expand Image Young person in a detention facility in Olathe, Kansas. Human Rights Watch requested access to photograph inside New Jersey Juvenile Justice Commission facilities but was denied....
View ArticleFrance Backtracks on Corporate Accountability in the EU
Click to expand Image A Decathlon store in Lyon, France, December 3, 2022. © 2022 Julien Reynaud/APS-Medias/Abaca/Sipa USA via AP Photo The French government is obstructing implementation of landmark...
View ArticlePanama Needs to Expedite Efforts Toward Climate Relocation Policy
Click to expand Image Civil protection officials, left, load a family's belongings on a truck to move from the island of Gardi Sugdub, located off Panama's Caribbean coast, to Nuevo Carti on the...
View ArticleMeasuring a Country’s Progress Goes Well Beyond GDP
Click to expand Image A family collects water lilies from Boeung Tamok lake to sell at the market, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, January 14, 2025. © 2025 Heng Sinith/AP Photo Today, the United Nations Human...
View ArticlePhilippines: Terrorism-Financing Charges Abused
Click to expand Image Protesters outside the Department of Justice denounce the filing of terrorist financing cases against activists and demand that the Marcos administration stop using the FATF's...
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