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November 22, 2017 News Release

ICTY/Bosnia: Life Sentence for Ratko Mladic

Yugoslav Tribunal’s Final Trial Highlights Need for National Justice

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November 20, 2017 Dispatches

New Regulations in Armenia Could Ease Suffering of Terminally Ill

Replacing Onerous Procedures Allows Access to Strong Pain Medication

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November 15, 2017 Dispatches

Tobacco Companies Commit to Protect Child Workers Worldwide

Implementation of Important Policy Commitment Will be Key

November 8, 2017 News Release

Pediatrics Bodies Support Intersex Child Autonomy

Medical Associations Advise Delay on Non-Emergency Surgery

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November 3, 2017 News Release

Mali: Defense Ministry Promises Abuse Inquiry

Justice Ministry Should Conduct Criminal Investigations

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October 17, 2017 News Release

Global Medical Body Condemns Forced Anal Exams

Doctors Worldwide Should Halt Abusive ‘Homosexuality Tests’

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October 17, 2017 News Release

Kuwait: Court Strikes Down Draconian DNA Law

Any Revision Should Fully Respect Right to Privacy

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October 12, 2017 Dispatches

Armenia Has New Strategy to Help Terminally Ill

Legal Changes Are Next Step to Get Treatment to Those in Need

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October 11, 2017 News Release

California: New Laws Protect Children, Youth

State Will Limit Prison Terms, Offer Second Chances

September 19, 2017 Dispatches

France Jumpstarts Initiative to Protect Environment

Pact Would Enshrine Key Rights Protections

French President Emmanuel Macron waits for a guest outside the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, September 15, 2017.
September 7, 2017 Commentary

Saudi sports reforms give girls in the kingdom a running start

At the 2012 Olympic Games in London, Sarah Attar represents Saudi Arabia as the country's first Olympic female runner, competing in the women’s 800 meters
September 5, 2017 Commentary

Canada Sets International Example in LGBT Rights

LGBT-rights supporter waves an amalgamation of the Canadian and rainbow flags in front of the Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa, 1999. In 2017, Canadian government condemned Ramzen Kadyrov’s purge of gay men in Chechnya and announced that nearly 30 victim
August 31, 2017 News Release

Cluster Munitions: Steady Progress Toward Eradication

But Civilians Harmed by Use in Syria

Trained technicians from Syria Civil Defense (“White Helmets”) identify and mark unexploded submunitions and other explosive remnants of war for clearance and destruction in Idlib governorate on June 8, 2017.
August 24, 2017 News Release

Qatar: New Law Gives Domestic Workers Labor Rights

Needs Enforcement Mechanisms

A female employer and her children are accompanied by their domestic worker, back right, as they walk through The Avenues, an indoor luxury shopping center in Kuwait City.
August 24, 2017 Commentary

Middle East on a Roll to Repeal 'Marry the Rapist' Laws

Rape-marriage exoneration laws are relics of the colonial past. It's time to leave them there.

Demonstration outside Parliament on December 6, 2016, with women in white dresses and wrapped in bandages, calling for the repeal of article 522 of the penal code.

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