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April 18, 2024 News

Civilians at Risk as Large-Scale Fighting Looms in Darfur

Civilian Casualties, Threat of Atrocities Mount Following Fighting in El Fasher Vicinity

After a months-long, uneasy détente between Sudan’s two warring parties, hundreds of thousands of civilians sheltering in the city of El Fasher in Darfur are in the crosshairs.    In the past few days, several villages near El Fasher…
Destruction in a market area in El Fasher, the capital of Sudan's North Darfur state, September 1, 2023.
April 18, 2024 News

Landmark Court Ruling Upholds Right to Healthy Environment

Ahead of Earth Day, Peru Mine Case Offers Key Lessons

Last month, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights found the Peruvian government responsible for violating the right to a healthy environment, among other rights, of residents of La Oroya, a town exposed to toxic pollution from a mine and smelter…
The Metalurgia Business Peru metallurgical complex in the city of La Oroya, in the department of Junín, east of Lima, November 9, 2022. 
April 18, 2024 News

Armenia Strengthens Domestic Violence Law

New Amendments Address Gaps in Protection, Accountability Measures

Armenia’s parliament adopted amendments strengthening the country’s domestic violence law. The legislation was adopted last week as postwar Armenia both struggles to secure its border with neighboring Azerbaijan and deepen its relations with the…
Taguhi shows scars on her neck and shoulder.
April 18, 2024 News

UN Plastics Treaty Should Mandate Protection of Human Rights and Health

Draft Text Overlooks Human Rights Harm of Fossil Fuels and Petrochemicals

Next week in Ottawa, countries will reconvene to continue negotiations on an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution. A revised draft of the treaty published by the United Nations Environment Programme on December 28, 2023,…
A boy sits on a bicycle in front of a plastic recycling facility in Adana, Turkey.
April 18, 2024 News

German Chancellor’s Trip to China a Wasted Opportunity

No Sign Olaf Scholz Ever Mentioned Human Rights

Germany's economy is very dependent on China, so expectations were low that Chancellor Olaf Scholz would place human rights concerns prominently on the agenda of his April 13-16 trip to China. But his apparent unwillingness to publicly say the words “…
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz sits opposite of Chinese President Xi Jinping during talks at the State Guest House in Beijing, China, April 16, 2024.
April 18, 2024 Report

Destroying Cultural Heritage

Summary The bombing and shelling of populated cities, towns, and villages produces horrific humanitarian consequences. In recent armed conflicts—in Gaza, Myanmar, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, Yemen, and elsewhere—this use of explosive weapons has killed…
April 18, 2024 News

Explosive Weapons’ Dire Impact on Cultural Heritage

Compliance with 2022 Political Declaration Would Reduce Harm in Armed Conflict

(Oslo, April 18, 2024) – The bombing and shelling of cities and towns during armed conflict has devastating consequences for cultural heritage and civilians, Human Rights Watch and Harvard Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic said in a…
A statue stands amidst the ruins of a museum
April 17, 2024 News

West Bank: Israel Responsible for Rising Settler Violence

Entire Palestinian Communities Displaced Months After Attacks

(Jerusalem) – The Israeli military either took part in or did not protect Palestinians from violent settler attacks in the West Bank that have displaced people from 20 communities and have entirely uprooted at least 7 communities since October 7, 2023…
A family packs up their belongings in Khirbet Zanuta, in the southern West Bank, on October 30, 2023. Attacks by settlers, in some cases accompanied by soldiers, forced all the residents to leave.
April 16, 2024 News

Insurance Firms Should Shun the East African Crude Oil Pipeline

The project is already devastating local communities and will contribute to climate change if completed.

Last year was the hottest on record, with extreme weather events in many corners of the globe. It was also the year in which countries reached a landmark agreement at the UN Climate Conference (COP28) to begin “transitioning away from fossil fuels”. If…
A Ugandan activist participates in a demonstration over proposed plans by Total Energies and the Ugandan government to build the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), in Kampala, Uganda September 15, 2023. REUTERS / Abubaker Lubowa
April 15, 2024 News

Tajikistan: EU States, Türkiye Should Not Return Dissidents

Exiled Tajik Opposition Activists Arrested, Disappeared

(Berlin, April 16, 2024) – Several people based in Lithuania, Poland, and Türkiye, linked to a banned Tajik opposition movement, Group 24, have in recent months disappeared or have been arrested and threatened with extradition to Tajikistan, Human…
Various groups protest against the visit of Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon and other Central Asian leaders to Berlin, Germany, September 29, 2023.
April 15, 2024 News

Justa Libertad: A Movement to Decriminalize Abortion in Ecuador

The Green Wave Continues to Make Strides in Latin America

Justa Libertad, an Ecuadorian coalition of eight civil society organizations, recently filed a lawsuit before the Constitutional Court of Ecuador seeking to decriminalize abortion. This crucial initiative seeks to ensure that women, girls, and other…
Women from different organizations that are part of the Justa Libertad movement raise green scarves outside the Constitutional Court of Ecuador in Quito, March 19, 2024.
April 15, 2024 News

Saudi Arabia: Free Award-Winning Activist

Waleed Abu al-Khair Held for a Decade for Peaceful Activism

(Beirut) – Saudi authorities should immediately release Waleed Abu al-Khair, an award-winning Saudi human rights defender and lawyer, 17 human rights groups including Human Rights Watch said today, on the 10th anniversary of his arrest. He is serving…

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