Latest in human rights
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.
The Ethiopian government declared a truce in June, but fighting has continued and the humanitarian crisis has worsened.
International support for Sudan’s fragile transition to democracy must include targeted assistance for key human rights reforms and accountability efforts to secure justice for victims of past abuses.
Egypt’s recent crackdown on a prominent civil society organization provides a window into how the country has been misusing counterterrorism to silence dissent.