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As of 2nd January 2024, according to various sources, 22,185 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli armed forces or by armed settlers. Of this number,...

It is important to emphasize at this point that the Israeli state has perpetuated its power and authority through an apartheid system of governance. With the...

The escalation of the 16-year siege by Israel and continued occupation has denied Gaza’s 2.2 million population's access to food, water, fuel, utilities and...

It’s a horrendous crime, and it amounts to unlawful collective punishment under international human right law. It’s a double war-crime because, the...

Prisons and residential schools were two sides of the same coin. Two federal institutions with the same goal, albeit one less directly focused on Indigenous...

The United States has a large degree of economic inequality. Twenty percent of low-income families get only 3.8 percent of the country’s income and one fifth...

Described by the United Nations as the most immediate human rights threat globally, climate change has already put more than 1 million species at risk of...

New accounts have emerged of alleged torture of high-profile political detainees in Saudi prisons.

“Mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) is vital for our individual and collective well-being, especially now.”

In 2019, the number of women killed by their partner or ex-partner in France rose by a fifth. There were more than 200,000 reports of women being abused at...

Every girl and every woman has the right to a safer, fairer, more just world. Violence against women and girls is one of the most widespread violations of...

"We need to uphold the equal rights, voices and influence of girls in our families, communities and nations. Girls can be powerful agents of change, and...

There have been systematic and gross violations on political prisoners, human rights activists and defenders in Bahrain.

The remarkable educational progress of Iranian girls in the last decade should be considered a social phenomenon.

A balanced world is a better world. How can you help forge a more gender-balanced world? Celebrate women's achievement. Raise awareness against bias. Take...

U.S. policies do not always respect human rights and the government also fails to protect key human rights domestically, especially economic and social rights.

Health experts and human rights campaigners said the forced sterilizations, which the United Nations considers a form of torture, are symptomatic of the...

Gallup found that nearly seven in 10 Americans (69%) say sexual harassment in workplaces is a "major problem", up from 50% in 1998.

“UN member states must end their deafening silence on Saudi Arabia and do their duty of scrutinizing the cruelty in the kingdom in order to prevent further...

Human Rights Watch notes in its 2017 report that the government of UAE has continued to ban the representatives of international human rights organizations...