With its sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) as an institution, the US Administration seeks to destroy the Court and extinguish any prospect of justice for perpetrators of grave ...

One year since the ceasefire agreement, more than 1,400 people have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, nearly two million still need shelter, not a single hospital is fully functioning, and 1.4 ...

Stun grenades, which have a long history of causing serious injuries, must be permanently banned from the policing of all protests.

A growing number of states across the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are taking positive steps towards reducing the use and scope of the death penalty, creating new momentum towards ...

A wave of recent reforms across several of the 11 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has been redefining the picture of the death penalty in this region. Although the ...

Chinese artist Gao Zhen was sentenced to prison in August 2026 solely due to his art. Convicted in March 2026 of “slandering China’s heroes and martyrs”, his three-year sentence is the maximum term.

“No death occurring in the context of migration enforcement operations should go uninvestigated. The Dominican authorities ...

Saudi Arabia’s authorities must urgently overturn the death sentence against a Sri Lankan migrant worker for “blasphemy." ...

In response to the UN Human Rights Council’s vote today adopting the resolution that renews the mandate of the Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela, as well as of the Office of the High Commissioner for ...

Update: On October 5, the World Food Program stated that one of their arbitrarily detained staff members was released. At least 72 UN staff members and dozens of humanitarian and civil society workers ...

French authorities must act upon their human rights obligations and stop the disproportionate police response seen in recent days to student protests, Amnesty International said ahead of tomorrow’s ...