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.

Israeli authorities in East Jerusalem should immediately stop demolishing Palestinian homes in violation of international law.

Turkey should not allow President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan, an accused war criminal, to attend a conference in Istanbul, and should arrest him if he sets foot in Turkey.

A report released on November 5, 2009 by the United Nations Panel of Experts on Sudan reveals continuing human rights violations in Darfur and underscores the urgent need to reform Sudan's repressive national security law.

Government forces and anti-government Maoist fighters should ensure that civilians are protected during armed operations in central India and elsewhere.

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.

Iran should immediately halt the planned executions of three men under charges of male homosexual conduct allegedly committed when they were children.

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.