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June 28, 2016 Impact

Watch for Women of Iran

Women in Iran are prevented from attending men's sports in stadiums

June 8, 2016 Impact

Holding Abusive UN Peacekeepers to Account

Women walk by a United Nations peacekeeping armored vehicle guarding the outer perimeter of a school used as an electoral center at the end of the presidential and legislative elections, in the mostly muslim PK5 neighborhood of Bangui.

June 2, 2016 News Release

US: Stop Providing Cluster Munitions

White House Pledges to Halt Deliveries to Saudis

A submunition from a BLU-108 canister from a CBU-105 Senor Fuzed Weapon found by the main road between Sanaa and Saada, about 250 meters south of the al-Amar village on May 16, 2015.

May 30, 2016 News Release

Chad’s Ex-Dictator Convicted of Atrocities

In landmark case, Hissène Habré found guilty of rape, war crimes, torture and crimes against humanity

May 30, 2016 Impact

South Dakota Rejects Bill Restricting Transgender Rights

May 30, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Hissène Habré Sentenced to Life for Atrocities

May 27, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: A Gift From Japan to Its Children

Beds in sleeping quarters for elementary school girls at a child care institution in Iwate prefecture. Eight girls share a room, and the space on their own bed is the only place children are allowed some privacy.

May 27, 2016 Commentary

Revised Child Welfare Act: the principle of family-based care now guaranteed by the law

May 25, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Leading Azerbaijani Journalist Freed From Prison

Khadija Ismayilova smiles as she leaves prison after 18 months of imprisonment on bogus charges, Baku, Azerbaijan, on May 25, 2016.

May 6, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: A First Step for Patients in Pain in Armenia

Gurgen G., who had a brain tumor, and his mother. Gurgen participated in a palliative care pilot project, which improved the quality of his remaining life. He died in August 2012, free from pain.

April 28, 2016 Impact

Colombia: Constitutional Court Upholds Same-Sex Marriage

Landmark Ruling Ends Legal Uncertainty, Strengthens LGBT Rights

Protesters wave rainbow flags and advocate for LGBT rights outside of the Congress building in Bogotá.

April 27, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Rare Victory for Privacy in Germany’s “War Against Terror”

General view of exterior of Germany's Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe, Germany, March 15, 2016.

April 27, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Papua New Guinea to Close Refugee Detention Center

Hundreds of demonstrators march through Pitt street during a rally in support of asylum seekers in central Sydney August 10, 2013.

April 16, 2016 Impact

Dispatches: Turning the Tide on Shackling in Indonesia

A man with psychological disability appears to be chained to a wooden bed.

April 4, 2016 Impact

Dispatches: New York Passes Paid Family Leave

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