June 18, 2024
June 17, 2024
International Criminal Court Members Speak Out
Cross-Regional Statement Rejects Intimidation Efforts
![The International Criminal Court, or ICC, is seen in The Hague, Netherlands, November 7, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/12/202012global_icc_building.jpg?h=310ac57c&itok=gS6zDxua)
June 17, 2024
HRW Statement Submitted to UN Human Rights Council Interactive Dialogue on Afghanistan on June 18, 2024
![Afghan women demonstrate in the center of Kabul, Afghanistan.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/03/202303wrd_afghanistan_women_protesting_kabul.jpg?h=b6b2a568&itok=G8CpStpw)
June 16, 2024
Cambodia: Drop Charges Against Environmental Activists
Repressive Laws Used to Target 10 Members of ‘Mother Nature’
![Five Cambodian activists record a podcast.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/06/202406asia_cambodia_mothernature.jpg?h=c8797a49&itok=8Cx4WLtV)
June 15, 2024
Africa: Accelerate Free Education for All
Focus on Free Quality Education; Expedite Positive Measures for Girls
![Girls in front of a school building](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/02/202402afr_mozambique_girls_school.jpg?h=1116cd87&itok=K1I4eJjn)
June 14, 2024
Moving North Korea Beyond Deadlock at the UN
![Security Council members cast their votes in favor of the adoption of the agenda on human rights abuses by North Korea in New York on December 10, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016_asia_northkorea_hrc.jpg?itok=t2CiEDoV)
June 14, 2024
Angola Becomes First Country to Join African Criminal Court
Malabo Protocol Presents Opportunities, Risks for Human Rights and Justice in Africa
![17th Ordinary African Union Summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, July 2, 2011.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/06/202406afr_guinea_african_untion_summit.jpg?h=78a9a510&itok=DjMJeR3k)
June 14, 2024
Rwanda: Respect Rights During Elections
Uphold Freedom of Expression; End Arbitrary Detention, Prosecution
![An electoral poster for Rwandan President Paul Kagame during the last days of campaigning on July 29, 2017, in Kigali, Rwanda.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/06/202406africa_rwanda_RwandaCampaign.jpg?h=1116cd87&itok=2uebnaU2)
June 14, 2024
Pylos Shipwreck Survivors Still Waiting for Answers
One Year On, Little Progress towards Accountability
![Hamza’s three childhood friends from Pakistan who were on the boat that sank off Pylos, Greece, on June 14, 2023. They have been missing ever since](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/06/202406eca_greece_pylos.jpeg?h=638eaef7&itok=nQXL-LJq)
June 13, 2024
Thailand: Don’t Return Montagnard Activist to Vietnam
Religious Freedom Advocate at Risk of Sham Trial, Mistreatment
![Y Quynh Bdăp.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/06/202406asia_thailand_Y-Quynh-Bdap.jpg?h=6189ac6c&itok=qZ5tFVa_)
June 13, 2024
Niger Court May Lift Immunity of Ex-President After Unfair Proceedings
Mohamed Bazoum Denied Access to Lawyers, Evidence
![Former Niger President Mohamed Bazoum at the Elysee Palace in Paris, February 16, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/06/202406afr_niger_Mohamed_Bazoum.jpg?h=ac778ff2&itok=RU9aP6ef)
June 13, 2024
Testimony of Liz Evenson before the US House Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission
Hearing on Liberia: Next Steps Towards Accountability for War & Economic Crimes
![Supporters of George Weah attend a meeting during their party's presidential campaign rally at Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex in Monrovia, Liberia December 23, 201](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201807africa_liberia_weah_supporter.jpg?itok=LlFztaJp)
June 13, 2024
Israel Joins UN ‘List of Shame’ for Abuses Against Children in War
UN Chief Also Lists Palestinian Armed Groups, Russia, Sudanese Forces
![eople salvage belongings amid the rubble of a damaged building following strikes on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, November 12, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/06/202406mena_palestine_gaza_rafah_aftermath.jpg?h=a89b4a14&itok=MGoAz8wg)