Trump admin moves focus of key human rights report away from persecuted identity groups

The State Department’s human rights report will move away from noting persecution of marginalized groups, including women and ethnic and racial minorities.
Opinion
Human Rights WatchOpinion

US State Department Debases Human Rights Diplomacy

The 2024 version of the State Department report issued by the Trump administration in August already removed or significantly reduced sections on political freedoms, corruption, gender-based violence, ...
JezebelOpinion

In the U.S., Nothing Says Human Rights Abuse Like Ensuring Reproductive Freedom!

U.S. embassies around the world have been instructed to categorize abortion access, DEI policies, and transgender care for ...
The Conversation

Big companies profit from poverty but aren’t obliged to uphold human rights. International law must change – scholar

Bonita Meyersfeld has received funding from the National Research Foundation as part of her NRF rating. There is some disagreement among legal practitioners and scholars about whether corporations ...
Human Rights Watch

Questions and Answers: The Hamas-Led Armed Groups' October 7, 2023 Assault on Israel

Human Rights Watch research found that Palestinian armed groups involved in the assault on Israel on October 7, 2023, committed numerous violations of international humanitarian law – also known as ...
Jurist

Human rights groups denounce Greece law for alleged violation of international law

Human rights organizations in Greece condemned a new law for its alleged violation of international and EU legal protections for asylum-seekers in a joint release on Wednesday. The law bars ...