Despite a 2015 ban, Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) remains practiced in The Gambia. A recent bill to repeal the ban now endangered...

UN experts have called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC)to support Afghan women athletes and provide them with resources. On Friday, UN...

Press Release (August 9, 2024 – Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa, Ontario) – On the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, the...

The Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Mr. Joseph Whittal has urged the media to prioritize reporting...

Responding to the news that Eswatini’s Supreme Court upheld controversial provisions of the Suppression of Terrorism Act on appeal, Amnesty...

Iraqi Women’s rights organizations have publicly demonstrated against the bill. Introduced by the Iraq Justice Ministry, the new bill was put...

MONROVIA- The Government of Liberia, in collaboration with various partners, has launched a five-year National Action Plan on Business and Human...

The Gambia has arrested a former general for his alleged involvement in a death squad that operated during the rule of former President Yahya Jammeh....

A bill that has sparked significant controversy has been put forward in the Iraqi parliament, aiming to lower the legal age of marriage for girls to 9...

The Zimbabwean authorities must immediately release human rights defenders who have been arbitrarily detained for over two weeks and drop charges...