Rio de Janeiro state promised improvements in public security in preparation for the Olympics, but it has not done enough to address extrajudicial executions by police, a central obstacle to more effective law enforcement.

European Union efforts to stem migration from Libya risk condemning migrants and asylum seekers to violent abuse at the hands of government officials, militias, and criminal groups in Libya.

Activists from across Africa highlight the need for African governments to support the International Criminal Court in a video by 21 African and international nongovernmental organizations.

The United Nations General Assembly should immediately suspend Saudi Arabia’s membership rights on the UN Human Rights Council

In February 2016, the Girls Not Brides team headed out to Zambia to film “We are Girls, Not Brides”, a two-minute music video about ending child marriage.

Ethiopian security forces have killed more than 400 protesters and others, and arrested tens of thousands more during widespread protests in the Oromia region since November 2015.

Residents of Côte d’Ivoire’s protected forests live in fear of arbitrary evictions and have suffered extortion and physical abuse by forest conservation authorities.

Hundreds of Serbian children with disabilities face neglect and isolation in institutions that may lead to stunted intellectual, emotional, and physical development.

Canada has abundant water, yet water in many indigenous communities in Ontario is not safe to drink.

Millions of children risk pain, sickness, injury, and even death to produce goods and services for the global economy.