In a resolution passed on Tuesday, the UN Human rights council (UNHCR) voted to extend its international inquiry into human rights abuses in Ukraine. The inquiry which has been ongoing since early ...

Iran’s nationwide uprising is now in its third month, and despite a brutal crackdown that has killed 660 people, including 60 children, there is still no sign of it winding down. Earlier this month, ...

In these days of more agile yet more lethal forms of surveillance and use of force, there is greater necessity for the state to be reminded of its human rights obligations and the limits of its own po ...

Human Rights Watch welcomes the Committee’s focus on the human rights implications of recent violence in Iran. Iranians, led by women and girls, have protested against Iran’s government since the ...