https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/11/17/protect-civilians-from-explosive-weapons
In "Strengthening Civilian Protection," Human Rights Watch and IHRC lay out seven guiding principles to effectively carry ou the commitments of the...
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https://cpj.org/2016/04/cpj-joins-call-for-world-bank-to-adopt-human-right/
The Committee to Protect Journalists has joined Social Justice Connection and other press freedom and human rights groups in calling on the World Bank to adopt...
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/11/30/how-new-declaration-can-help-protect-civilians-during-wartime
A new political declaration to protect civilians from the devastating effects of explosive weapons when used in populated areas during wartime was adopted by...
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https://feedbacklabs.org/news-and-insights/labstorm-making-a-data-driven-constituent-accountability-mechanism-to-protect-human-rights/
Oct 21, 2019 - OVD-Info is a human rights project that monitors politically-motivated prosecutions in Russia. They run a telephone hotline and legal chatbot, provide lawyers...
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https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2020/08/12/how-the-us-can-protect-human-rights-in-the-middle-east/
American militarism has done nothing to alleviate human rights abuses in the Middle East. In reality, it has exacerbated them.
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/10/16/gulf-states-fail-protect-domestic-workers-serious-violence
Last week, a shocking story hit the headlines: a woman in Saudi Arabia allegedly cut off the hand of her Indian domestic worker, who was trying to escape from...
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/01/16/indonesia-protect-newly-arrived-rohingya-refugees?utm_source=BenchmarkEmail&utm_campaign=AJC_Newsletter_-_February_2024&utm_medium=email
Indonesian authorities should immediately stop all pushbacks of boats containing ethnic Rohingya refugees, and investigate and end all assaults on refugees,...
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https://blog.cloudflare.com/working-with-those-who-protect-human-rights-around-the-world/
Today, we are announcing Radar Alerts, a new program to help our civil society partners track and document Internet shutdowns and protect democratic elections...
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/01/12/pakistan-needs-protect-children-sexual-abuse
Yesterday, Pakistani news anchor Kiran Naz went on the air with her young daughter to protest on camera the rape and killing of Zainab Ansari, a 7-year-old...
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https://www.edf-feph.org/the-european-court-of-human-rights-fails-to-protect-the-rights-to-vote-of-persons-with-disabilities/
Feb 11, 2021 - The European Disability Forum, <a href="http://international.handicap.dk">Disabled People's Organisations Denmark</a> and the <a...
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https://cpj.org/2016/11/china-detains-publisher-of-human-rights-news-websi/
New York, November 29, 2016--Chinese authorities should immediately and unconditionally release Huang Qi, publisher of the human rights news website 64...
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https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2025-09-03-poll-is-the-sahrc-doing-enough-to-protect-south-africans-human-rights/
The South African Human Rights Commission has been criticised for its handling of recent hate speech cases.
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https://humanrightsfirst.org/library/15616/
by Ingeborg Moa, executive Director of the Norwegian Human Rights Fund; and Brian Dooley, Senior Advisor, Human Rights First Tomorrow, 9 December, marks 25...
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https://cpj.org/2013/03/brazil-officials-back-oas-human-rights-system/
"Leave me in peace. Wallow in your garbage," Brazilian Chief Justice Joaquim Barbosa said in a rage when a reporter with one of the leading national...
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https://www.ibanet.org/article/427aa436-7858-47d5-8393-ac50082316af
News release: Friday 28 July 2017. As the political crisis deepens in Venezuela, the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) calls on...
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/01/12/protect-children-from-crimes-against-humanity
Murder, rape, torture, slavery: children are targeted for these and other crimes against humanity that occur in widespread or systematic attacks on civilian...
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/11/14/ilo-strengthen-global-rules-to-protect-gig-workers
Governments negotiating a new global treaty on gig work should strengthen the draft text to ensure fair wages and social security for these workers and protect...
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/02/14/some-governments-companies-take-steps-protect-children
Several governments and companies have taken steps, or announced future steps, to protect millions of children in their online classrooms. These moves come...
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/08/05/protect-human-rights-defenders-liberia
Recent credible threats against human rights defenders who, for many years, have been fighting for justice alongside victims of Liberia's civil wars are a...
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/10/29/burkina-faso-massacre-shows-need-protect-civilians
An Islamist armed group’s massacre of at least 133 people shows the inadequacy of Burkina Faso’s government efforts to protect civilians.
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https://www.greenpeace.org/international/press-release/80952/the-netherlands-violates-human-rights-by-failing-to-protect-bonaire-residents-from-climate-crisis-court/
In a historic ruling, the Hague District Court found in favour of the residents of Bonaire and Greenpeace Netherlands, observing that the Netherlands is doing...
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/06/18/eu-use-article-7-now-protect-european-values
European Union affairs ministers should put the governments of Hungary and Poland on notice that there is no place for attacks on the rule of law in the EU and...
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/08/08/china-protect-15-detained-north-koreans
China should not deport 15 North Koreans currently held in detention. North Koreans who are forcibly returned after fleeing their country face a real risk of...
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https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/federal-court-in-yucatan-has-the-decision-in-its-hands-to-protect-the-human-rights-of-mayan-children-against-the-pig-industry/
Check out this page via the Business and Human Rights Centre
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/07/25/thailand/cambodia-protect-civilians-amid-border-clashes
Escalating border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia involving explosive weapons have killed and injured civilians since fighting began on July 24, 2025.
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/03/08/barriers-kill-mexico-should-protect-women-disabilities-violence
Guadalupe Huerta Mora, whom I knew as Lupita, was a generous soul. I met her in September 2010, when colleagues from the disability community brought her...
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