Latest in human rights
Recent revisions barring foreign lawyers in national security cases call into question Hong Kong’s commitment to its obligations under international human rights law.
The deterioration of human rights in Tunisia long precedes the country’s current instability and democratic backsliding.
The U.N. Forum on Business and Human Rights made it clear that the U.N. Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights are increasingly reflected in concrete legal requirements, and businesses need to start addressing and planning for their implementation.
Negotiations for a U.N. cybercrime convention have entered a critical stage. U.N. member states disagree on what “cybercrime” means and what should be the human rights safeguards of the future convention.
The new EU social media law opens the door to renewed conflict with the United States over freedom of expression. Ensuring national legislation meets human rights standards will mitigate these risks.
The U.N. finally released its report on human rights abuses in Xinjiang. What did the investigation uncover, and what’s next for the international community?
The report finds that Beijing's crackdown on ethnic Uighurs and other Muslim minorities in the Xinjiang autonomous region may constitute crimes against humanity.
Armenia’s and Azerbaijan’s cases before the International Court of Justice represent a new avenue for adjudicating human rights disputes.
Beijing is promoting an alternative conceptualization as a form of "normfare" to challenge the liberal international order.
The Moroccan government, emboldened by a Trump administration policy shift, is cracking down on Sahrawi activists.