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The Trump administration’s decision not to invite the leading international election observation body to monitor crucial US midterm polls fuels fears of serious human rights concerns around the upcoming elections.

An array of former government officials, human rights groups, bar associations, and legal experts from around the world have filed eight amicus briefs supporting a lawsuit challenging US President Donald Trump’s executive order authorizing sanctions on International Criminal Court (ICC) officials, staff, and others affiliated with or assisting the court’s work.

An apparent Ethiopian government airstrike on a residential compound in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region on August 20, 2026, should be investigated as a possible war crime, Human Rights Watch said today.

Dear Mr. Kushner and Mr. Witkoff, We are writing to you in light of your recent involvement in discussions concerning Russia’s war against Ukraine and possible steps toward its resolution.

Niger has rejected key recommendations raised by United Nations member countries during its Universal Periodic Review (UPR) earlier this year, including calls to address arbitrary detention, discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, and accountability for serious human rights violations.

Russian authorities are doubling down on their efforts to quash freedom of expression, including access to information, by increasingly suppressing tools to circumvent draconian censorship laws, Human Rights Watch said today. Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) services face intensifying blocking and takedowns from app stores.

The Malaysian government should immediately release human rights defenders and civil society leaders from MANDIRI and HAYAT, in the absence of a clear and legal justification for their arrest and detention, Amnesty International, CIVICUS, FORUM-ASIA, Front Line Defenders and Human Rights Watch said today.

Fighting in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray, Amhara, and Afar regions erupted on September 22, 2026, between the Ethiopian military and forces aligned with the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front, Tigray’s main political party. This follows reported clashes and airstrikes in Tigray since August, including in Tigray’s regional capital, Mekelle.

(The Hague, September 23, 2026) – The International Criminal Court (ICC)’s conviction of Mahamat Said Abdel Kani for crimes against humanity in the Central African Republic offers an important measure of long-awaited justice for victims of the abusive Seleka armed group.