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November 1, 2021 Commentary

Why the Global Climate Emergency is a Human Rights Crisis

Students call for urgent climate action during the school strike for climate in Perth, Australia.

November 1, 2021 Letter

Letter to the Government of Canada on Afghanistan Crisis

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November 1, 2021 Commentary

How Latin American Women Can Keep Fighting for Abortion Rights and Win

A crowd of women hold up green protest signs

November 1, 2021 Dispatches

Civilians in Mali’s Ségou Region at Risk

Alleged Killings by Military, Armed Islamist Groups Go Unpunished

People stand over three bodies wrapped in fabric

November 1, 2021 News Release

El Salvador: Legislature Deepens Democratic Backsliding

Constitutional Reform Could Consolidate Power Grab

Nayib Bukele, El Salvador's president, delivers a speech to Congress at the Legislative Assembly building in San Salvador, El Salvador, on Tuesday, June 1, 2021.

November 1, 2021 Commentary

From Taliban to Taliban: Cycle of Hope, Despair on Women’s Rights

Taliban violations of the rights of women and girls are uniquely extreme. No other country openly bars girls from studying on the basis of gender.

November 1, 2021 Statement

US: The Texas Abortion Ban

October 31, 2021 Dispatches

Afghan Girls’ Education: ‘I Don’t Think I Have a Future’

Closing Secondary Schools to Girls Causing Lasting Harm

Women demonstrate for their rights during a gathering for National Teachers Day in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 5, 2021.

October 31, 2021 Commentary

Protecting Justice from Political Interference

The Lebanese Association of Lawyers march at the First Anniversary of Port Blast, Beirut, Lebanon, on August 4, 2021.

October 30, 2021 Dispatches

The Climate Crisis is a Human Rights Crisis

Rights Should be at Center of COP26 Climate Deliberations

A forest fire rages in Santo Antonio do Matupi, southern Amazonas state, Brazil, August 27, 2019.

October 29, 2021 Letter

Letter to Biden Administration: Use G20 to Advance Social Protection

October 29, 2021 Commentary

UK Needs to Provide Genuine Leadership on Fossil Fuel Financing

Pumpjacks at an oil well site near Epping, N.D., Oct. 1, 2018. © 2018 Jim Wilson/The New York Times/GDA via AP Images

October 29, 2021 Commentary

Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week

October 29, 2021 News Release

Brazil: Secret Review of Key Human Rights Policy

Change in Rules Maintains Secrecy

The Brazil Minister of Women, Family and Human Rights, Damares Alves, at an official event in Brasilia, on August 18, 2021.

October 29, 2021 Statement

Letter to Secretary Blinken from US Organizations and Leaders in Solidarity with Palestinian Civil Society

288 Organizations Demand Biden Administration Condemn Israel’s Crackdown on Human Rights Groups

Palestinian children observe the damage from homes Gaza City

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