Human rights

More than one in three deceased migrants whose origin could be identified come from countries in conflict or with large refugee populations, the study...

The Biden administration’s arms shipments to Israel continue despite urgent pleas from United Nations officials, international human rights groups, and some progressive U.S. lawmakers to stop arming Israel’s...

A decision by the ILO’s Governing Body opens the way for new work by the ILO on estimating and operationalizing living wages, and on...

Despite legal proceedings against perpetrators of honor killings, many evade justice due to societal norms. Victims often struggle to pursue cases fully, hindered by...

South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of human rights defenders, has called on the Government of Bhutan to release the political...

The most blatant examples are countries that rushed to Ukraine’s defence against Russia’s invasion but backed Israel’s assaults on civilians in Gaza, and vice...

Male students enrolled in Afghanistan’s Taliban-run religious schools say speak of sexual and physical abuse that has led some to end their education. Male students...

Human rights activists and humanitarian workers on the Thai-Myanmar border remain highly sceptical of the initiative, denouncing it as a “weaponization of aid”. By William Webb The...