After South Africa’s first democratic elections in 1994, there was significant optimism about police reform in the country. Impressive steps were taken to bring the South African Police Service under ...

Dear President Costa, Dear President von der Leyen, We write to urge you to prioritize human rights in the forthcoming European Union (EU)-China Summit to be held in China on July 24-25. At the recent ...

Those being laid to rest had been killed three decades earlier alongside more than 8,300 men […] The post 30 years after Srebrenica, the promise of “never again” rings hollow    appeared first on ...

Nine days of armed clashes and serious abuses in Syria’s southern Sweida governorate have triggered a dire humanitarian crisis, Human Rights Watch said today. The fighting between local Druze-led and ...

But I am firmly convinced that it allows us to take New Caledonia out of the spiral of violence, uncertainties, and destruction." ...

Preliminary results from computer modelling suggests the harmful algal bloom that has been killing marine life will return with a vengeance after winter and spread.

Using cells from a donor egg doesn’t create three ‘parents’. And while DNA is important, it’s not the defining feature of rainbow families.

The Nepalese government’s failure to establish a regulatory framework for the Right to Housing Act, coupled with local authorities’ blatant disregard for the law, has resulted in forced evictions that ...

The decision undermines press freedom in the country and violates Kazakhstan’s international human rights obligations. On July 15, 2025, the outlet, Radio Azattyq, reported that the ...

Click to expand Image Russian fighters from the Wagner Group in northern Mali in an undated photo posted by the French military in 2022. © 2022 French Army via AP Photo Mali’s armed forces and the ...

For the UN Pact for the Future to be successful, there has to be a focus on environmental and social justice, an influx of cash and resources, and an incorporation of new technologies.

Studies link public broadcasting to higher voter turnout, better factual knowledge and lower susceptibility to extremist rhetoric. Those contributions to democracy may be diminished by Congress’ cuts.