A United Nations General Assembly panel that met this week broke new ground and helped build new momentum for ending human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Uganda's government should reform the country's election laws to improve accountability for election-related crimes and reduce the risk of violence in the upcoming 2011 elections.

On the eve of World AIDS Day 2009, HIV prevention efforts – and the promise of antiretroviral therapy (ART) as prevention – are being undermined by punitive laws targeting those infected with and at risk of HIV.

The Commonwealth has developed a 21st-century role – as a haven for serial human rights abusers.

A proposed Ugandan law on HIV/AIDS promotes dangerous and discredited approaches to the AIDS epidemic and would violate human rights. The HIV and AIDS Prevention and Control Bill could be taken up by Uganda's parliament shortly.

This paper analyzes Uganda's draft HIV and AIDS Prevention and Control Bill and assesses to what extent the proposed law conforms to international human rights standards.

A network of African civil society and international organizations today called upon African Union states to use the AU’s upcoming session about the International Criminal Court to promote the court’s ability to prosecute the world’s worst crimes fairly and effectively.

The draft "Anti-Homosexuality Bill" introduced on October 14, 2009 in Uganda's parliament would violate human rights and should be withdrawn immediately.