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November 19, 2025 Dispatches

What Escalating Conflict Means for Women and Girls

New UN Guidance Highlights Broad Gendered Impacts, and Solutions

People march in front of the Turkish Grand National Assembly in Ankara during a demonstration organized by the "I Need Peace Women's Initiative”, July 8, 2025.

November 18, 2025 Dispatches

UN Security Council Should Resist South Sudan Attempt to Undermine Peacekeepers

High Stakes as Civilians Need Urgent Protection

A UN helicopter performs a routine patrol over the Bentiu internally displaced persons camp in Unity State, South Sudan, on November 4, 2025.

November 18, 2025 Dispatches

A Family Erased in Mali

Apparent Military Drone Strike Kills Civilians

November 17, 2025 Dispatches

Brussels Rips EU Corporate Accountability Law

President von der Leyen’s Party Sides with Far-Right to Kill Climate Transition Plans

Chairman of the EPP Group, Manfred Weber (C), during a plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, October 6, 2025.

November 14, 2025 Dispatches

Ecuadorian Rights Group Files Case to Enforce Amazon Oil Referendum

Government Should Uphold Historic 2023 Vote

Waorani Indigenous leaders protest in front of the Constitutional Court in Quito on August 20, 2025, two years after a key victory for climate democracy in an Indigenous-led referendum to halt exploitation of an oil block in Yasuni National Park.

November 13, 2025 Dispatches

US Food Assistance Cuts Undermined Rights

Disproportionate Impact on Children, Black Families, Adults with Disabilities

Volunteers help load vehicles during a food distribution at the San Antonio Food Bank for SNAP recipients and other households affected by the US federal shutdown, November 6, 2025.

November 12, 2025 Dispatches

UN Rights Body Set to Hold Urgent Session on Sudan

Ensure Rigorous Investigations to Pave Way for Accountability

A desk bearing signs of shelling in a school where displaced people were sheltering, in El Fasher, Sudan, October 7, 2025.

November 12, 2025 Dispatches

Trial of Ex-Congolese Warlord Important Step for Justice

Roger Lumbala Faces Crimes Against Humanity Charges in French Court

Roger Lumbala Tshitenga, a former Congolese rebel leader and government minister, in Kampala, Uganda, February 6, 2013.

November 11, 2025 Dispatches

Islamist Fighters in Mali Execute Social Media Influencer

Mariam Cissé’s TikToks of Her Daily Life Reached Thousands

A screenshot of Mariam Cissé in a video posted on TikTok in September 2025.

November 11, 2025 Dispatches

Germany-Based Tajik Dies in Custody in Tajikistan

Wake Up Call on Germany’s Relations with Tajikistan

A vigil on 18 January 2024 in Dortmund, Germany, on the anniversary of the deportation of Tajikistan opposition activist Abdullohi Shamsiddin. The banner reads: ‘Bring Him Back!’

November 10, 2025 Dispatches

Youth Football Dream Turned Into Nightmare

Senegalese Player Cheikh Touré’s Death Reignites Football Trafficking Debate

A supporter wears the Senegalese national flag in Dakar

November 10, 2025 Dispatches

US Supreme Court Allows Discriminatory Passport Rule

Trump Administration Policy Puts Trans and Intersex Travelers at Risk

A US passport with an "X" gender designation

November 10, 2025 Dispatches

Indonesia’s President Declares Late Dictator Soeharto a ‘National Hero’

Whitewashing History Undermines Efforts to Bring Justice for Victims

Demonstrators hold placards depicting the late Indonesian President Suharto during a rally against a government proposal to name him a “national hero”

November 7, 2025 Dispatches

US Skips UN Periodic Rights Review

Civil Society Groups Flag Backsliding on Rights

Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, June 16, 2025.

November 7, 2025 Dispatches

World Leaders Commit to Supporting Social Development and Rights

Governments Should Next Turn Talk into Action

United Nations Social Summit in Doha, Qatar, 2025.

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Iraq War 20 Years Later
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Mexico: Lessons from a Human Rights Catastrophe
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Refugee Summits
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Right to Social Security
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The Trump Administration and Human Rights
Tigray Conflict
Uganda Elections 2016
US: Trump Presidential Transition
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