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February 9, 2021 Dispatches

UN Finds Torture, Forced Labor Still Rampant in North Korean Prisons

UN Human Rights Council Should Press for Accountability

A North Korean soldier stands guard at the entrance of a women’s prison near Chongsong, North Korea, May 31, 2009.

February 9, 2021 News Release

Human Rights Council: Countries Should Take Bold Action on Egypt

Monitoring, Tough Message on Dire Rights Situation Long Overdue

Egyptian security forces have been involved in systematic abuses such as enforced disappearance and torture and have used abusive counterterrorism laws and measures to crush peaceful dissent. Egyptian security forces stand guard outside one of the entranc

February 3, 2021 Commentary

Sri Lanka’s UN Efforts to Stave Off Justice for War Crimes

February 1, 2021 News Release

UN: Countries Call Out Rwanda’s Rights Record

Follow Up Universal Periodic Review with Concrete Action

Delegates sit at the opening of the 41th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, June 24, 2019.

January 29, 2021 News Release

Sri Lanka: UN Rights Chief Decries Mounting Abuses

Report Highlights Need for Strong Human Rights Council Resolution

January 22, 2021 Dispatches

Sri Lanka Seeks Diversion, Not Justice, Over Wartime Abuses

Announced Domestic Inquiry Seeks to Deflect UN Human Rights Council

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, center, sings the national anthem during an event to mark the anniversary of country's independence from British colonial rule in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

January 6, 2021 Commentary

Johnson or Macron: Who’s the Real ‘Emperor with No Clothes’?

French President Emmanuel Macron, right, and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, during a visit to 10 Downing Street in London on June 18, 2020.

October 13, 2020 Dispatches

China Grudgingly Gets UN Rights Body Seat

Lowest Vote Total Among 15 Countries Elected

October 8, 2020 Commentary

Trailing from Behind: France at the United Nations Human Rights Council

October 6, 2020 Statement

Philippines: Human Rights Council Joint NGO Statement

Item 10 General Debate - HRC45

October 2, 2020 Statement

UN Human Rights Council Should Continue Scrutiny of Sudan

Item 10 Enhanced Interactive Dialogue with the Independent Expert on Sudan - HRC45

A mural reading, "The Revolution will go on" is seen on a wall in Khartoum, Sudan, June 18, 2019.

October 1, 2020 Statement

United States: Human Rights Watch Oral Intervention

Item 9 General Debate - HRC45

Demonstrators gather at the Minnesota governor's mansion Monday, June 1, 2020, in St. Paul, Minn. Protests continued following the death of George Floyd, who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on Memorial Day.

October 1, 2020 Statement

Israel’s Systematic Repression of Palestinians Continues during Pandemic

Item 7 General Debate - HRC45

September 29, 2020 Statement

Yemen: More is needed to break the cycle of impunity

Item 2 Interactive dialogue with Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen

A uniformed soldier walks through aid packages

September 25, 2020 Statement

Global call for international human rights monitoring mechanism on China

Item 4 General Debate - Joint NGO statement

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