Ghanaian legislators introduced a bill again this month to increase criminal penalties for homosexuality and supporting ...

We are writing to call on the European Union to adopt a bold political strategy on its engagement in the Sahel that reflects ...

Ghana's Parliament has reignited controversy with a its anti-LGBTQ+ bill, sparking intense debate on its impact on family ...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres Human Rights Day and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Human Rights Day is observed annually around the world on 10 December. It commemorates the ...

The Economic Justice and Rights Division works to build just economies based on respect for human rights. We investigate how the global economic system both drives inequality that undermines human ...

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Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the re-elected Labour government to leverage its key foreign policies to strengthen human rights globally in a letter to Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong on Monday ...

In his message for the observance, Secretary-General António Guterres notes that AI has the potential to enhance public participation, equality, security, and human development but warns that if ...

The right to life, gender equality, prohibition of discrimination on the grounds of sex, protection of physical integrity, the right to health - to mention a few of the human rights impacted by gender ...

The member governments of the Council of Europe work towards peace and greater unity based on human rights and fundamental freedoms. With this Convention they decide to take the first steps to enforce ...