The “Stupak amendment” to the House health care reform bill, which would effectively eliminate abortion access for millions of women, threatens women’s human rights, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to US senators today. The restrictive provision was included in the final health care reform bill that passed the House earlier this month, and similar language is likely to be considered in the Senate.

The United States should ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which is supported by nearly every other nation in the world, Human Rights Watch said today. The United States and Somalia are the only countries that have failed to ratify the Convention, which was adopted 20 years ago, on November 20, 1989

The Obama administration should revise its detention policies in Afghanistan to make them consistent with international law.

Obama administration’s decision to prosecute the September 11 suspects in federal court represents an important step forward for justiceObama administration’s decision to prosecute the September 11 suspects in federal court represents an important step forward for justice.

US President Barack Obama should urge Asian leaders at the first ASEAN-US summit to unite in addressing the region’s most pressing human rights concerns.

As part of a special investigation into unprosecuted rape cases, CBS Evening News with Katie Couric features an interview with Sarah Tofte, researcher with the US Program at Human Rights Watch.

The introduction in the Senate today of the Justice for Survivors of Sexual Assault Act of 2009 is a significant step toward eliminating the backlog of evidence in rape cases.

An Italian court’s conviction of 23 agents of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for kidnapping is an historic repudiation of the CIA’s crimes. The Milan court also found that two Italian officials illegally collaborated in CIA abuses.