Global trends to stifle independent and critical voices gathered steam in 2021 as governments deployed a widening gamut of tools and tactics. Human rights defenders, NGOs, media outlets and opposition leaders were the targets of unlawful detention, torture and enforced disappearance, many under the smokescreen of the pandemic.

February 24, 2021. The United States is committed to a world in which human rights are protected, their defenders are celebrated, and those who commit human rights abuses are held accountable. Promoting respect for human rights is not something we can do alone, but is best accomplished working with our allies and partners across the globe.

The program has drawn criticism for human rights violations, including payment of sub-minimum wages, illegal overtime, forced return of whistleblowers to their home countries, and dangerous or

^{Although other countries that have previously hosted the World Cup have been criticized for human rights violations, never has the criticism been so harsh. Yet, global criticism resulted in a growing awareness inside Qatar that there are legal problems that must be recognized and addressed.}

GENEVA (10 March 2022) – A UN human rights expert has expressed grave concern at the scale, severity and systematic nature of human rights violations perpetrated against religious and belief minorities in situations of conflict, in a report presented to the Human Rights Council today.

10 Reasons Why Saudi Women Flee. No Freedom to Travel or Get a Passport. No country restricts the movement of its female population more than Saudi Arabia. Women cannot apply for a passport or

Global. UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday called on world leaders to rely on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) as a roadmap to not only uphold human rights but also prevent wars, combat hatred, rebuild trust and build a sustainable future for all.

GENEVA (2 March 2023) – Widespread human rights violations that amount to crimes against humanity are being committed against civilians by Nicaragua’s Government for political reasons, the Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua said in a new report that calls for the international community to impose sanctions on institutions or individuals involved.

The report further describes and analyses thematic human rights issues, including the use of children in the armed forces and in armed groups, conflict-related sexual violence, the political economy context of human rights violations, and the virtual disappearance of civic space in the country. ENDS. Read the Full Report here.

In October 2020, the United Nations General Assembly elected Russia and China to the U.N. Human Rights Council, a move which elicited widespread criticism from the international community due to both countries’ poor human rights records. The United States first imposed human rights–related sanctions on Russia in 2013 under the original

Disability Rights. Human Rights Watch research analyzing coroners’ inquest reports between 2010 and 2020 found that about 60 percent of people who died in prisons in Western Australia had a UN human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet on Monday deplored “multiple and severe reports of alleged gross violations of human rights, humanitarian and refugee law” committed by all parties to the conflict in Tigray. In an update to the UN Human Rights Council (OHCHR) on the situation in the northernmost regional state in Ethiopia, Ms RI6wmHQ.

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