The government has advanced laws and measures that endanger rights, undermine the independence and security of Constitutional Court judges, and threaten constitutional safeguards.
In May, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) heard a case by Legal Action Worldwide and partners accusing the Ethiopian government of human rights violations in Tigray.
A joint report by Human Rights Watch and the Initiative for Social and Economic Rights found that Uganda’s lack of government-funded pre-primary education worsens wealth inequality and has ...
Human rights are the basic rights and freedoms to which everyone is entitled on the basis of their common humanity. They include civil and political rights, as well as economic, social, and ...
World Report 2026, Human Rights Watch’s 36th annual review of human rights practices and trends around the globe, reviews developments in more than 100 countries.
Red-tagging targets leftist activists, land rights defenders, labor leaders, and youth activists and has a chilling effect on freedom of expression and association.
The Office of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression documented the killing of at least five journalists, between January and July.
During its 2020 Universal Periodic Review cycle, the United States of America (U.S.) received recommendations from Iceland, Belgium, France, and Malta regarding LGBTQ+ rights.
Disability Rights People with psychosocial disabilities face human rights violations in facilities, including chaining despite a nationwide legal ban in 2021.
In December, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled that Guatemala violated multiple rights of the Indigenous Maya Q’eqchi’ people in the El Estor municipality, Izabal state, including ...
Back in the 1960s, I was driving before I could legally drive. My father, who taught me how to drive, instilled in me this “golden rule” of driving: always use common sense and follow the rules of the ...