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Liberia has a rare opportunity to finally establish a war crimes court to address, at last, serious international crimes ...

Child recruitment by armed groups has increased in Colombia as the government has failed to respond effectively.

In the past year, Russian authorities have continued their harsh, retaliatory and arbitrary authoritarian practices. The ...

Bangladeshi authorities should immediately take steps to end the prolonged pretrial detention of politicians and others ...

The Spanish government and local authorities in its North African enclave Ceuta should act urgently to provide adequate ...

The Chadian authorities should vacate or set aside the conviction of Succès Masra, the former Chadian prime minister and main ...

An open letter to Australian Prime Minister Albanese and Foreign Minister Wong requesting that the Senate Foreign Affairs ...

The US Department of Defense submitted its 2025 civilian casualty report to Congress on August 10, touting “a strong record ...

Azerbaijani authorities are refusing to allow a jailed journalist with a serious breathing disorder to see a specialist or to ...

As space for environmental advocacy rapidly shrinks, Indigenous peoples, climate activists, and land defenders increasingly ...

Four human rights groups (the American Friends Service Committee, the Center for Constitutional Rights, Human Rights Watch, and the Open Society Institute) filed a lawsuit in US federal court ...