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   EUROPEAN COMMISSION PREMATURELY ENDS RULE OF LAW SCRUTINY OF POLAND


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   EXPLOSIVE WEAPONS POSE THREATS TO CULTURAL HERITAGE: STATES HAVE A TOOL TO
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   UKRAINE: RECOVERY CONFERENCE COULD BE LIFELINE FOR CHILDREN
   
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   LEADING SCHOLARS CALL FOR GLOBAL TREATY ON FREE EDUCATION


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   DENOUNCING THE WAR IS ALL VERY WELL – BUT THE PEOPLE OF GAZA ALSO NEED URGENT
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   UN BODY RECOMMENDS NEW TREATY ON OLDER PEOPLE’S RIGHTS
   
   May 21, 2024 Dispatches
   
   
   MILLIONS IN THE US AT RISK OF LOSING INTERNET ACCESS


 * ECONOMIC JUSTICE AND RIGHTS
   
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   News Release
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   June 4, 2024 Report
   
   
   IRAQIS WITH DISABILITIES EXCLUDED FROM JOBS
   
   June 3, 2024 Commentary
   
   
   WHAT DOES THE EU DUE DILIGENCE DIRECTIVE MEAN FOR BANGLADESH?
   
   Published In The Daily Star


 * ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS
   
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   May 31, 2024
   
   News Release
   Focus on Rights in Pre-COP29 Climate Talks
   May 31, 2024 News Release
   
   
   EU: INCLUDE CIVIL SOCIETY IN ANTI-DEFORESTATION TASK FORCE
   
   May 29, 2024 Dispatches
   
   
   PANAMA COMPLETES FIRST CLIMATE-RELATED RELOCATION


 * FREE SPEECH
   
   Asia
   
   June 2, 2024
   
   News Release
   China: Closing Off Memory of Tiananmen Massacre
   May 31, 2024 News Release
   
   
   HONG KONG: QUASH BASELESS CONVICTIONS OF ACTIVISTS
   
   May 30, 2024 Dispatches
   
   
   IN RWANDA, CRITICISM IS NOT WELCOME


 * HEALTH
   
   United States
   
   May 21, 2024
   
   Dispatches
   Millions in the US at Risk of Losing Internet Access
   Subhajit Saha
   Senior Coordinator, Disability Rights Division
   May 15, 2024 Commentary
   
   
   WHEN LAWS FAIL TO PROTECT TRANS PEOPLE, HARMFUL MEDICALIZED NORMS CREEP IN
   
   Published In Advocate
   April 26, 2024 News Release
   
   
   AFRICAN GOVERNMENTS FALLING SHORT ON HEALTHCARE FUNDING


 * LGBT RIGHTS
   
   Middle East/North Africa
   
   June 6, 2024
   
   Commentary
   Beyond Decriminalization of Same-Sex Relations
   Hala Maurice Guindy
   Research Assistant
   Published in: Advocate
   June 4, 2024 Commentary
   
   
   LGBT AT 20: TRIUMPHS AND CHALLENGES FOR RIGHTS AROUND THE WORLD
   
   May 30, 2024 Commentary
   
   
   DECRIMINALIZING GAY SEX: A UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS IMPERATIVE
   
   Published In Advocate


 * REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS
   
   Italy
   
   June 6, 2024
   
   Dispatches
   Italy Migration Deal with Albania is a Costly, Cruel Farce
   Judith Sunderland
   Associate Director, Europe and Central Asia Division
   June 5, 2024 News Release
   
   
   US: ORDER LIMITING ASYLUM WILL HARM PEOPLE SEEKING PROTECTION
   
   June 5, 2024 News Release
   
   
   SAUDI ARABIA: ILO FORCED LABOR COMPLAINT A WAKE-UP CALL


 * RIGHTS OF OLDER PEOPLE
   
   Global
   
   May 31, 2024
   
   Dispatches
   UN Body Recommends New Treaty on Older People’s Rights
   Bridget Sleap
   Senior Researcher, Rights of Older People
   May 21, 2024 Dispatches
   
   
   MILLIONS IN THE US AT RISK OF LOSING INTERNET ACCESS
   
   May 15, 2024 Commentary
   
   
   A HUMAN RIGHTS GUIDE TO THE 2024 EUROPEAN ELECTIONS


 * INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE
   
   Africa
   
   May 30, 2024
   
   News Release
   Central African Republic: Justice Needed for 2014 Massacre
   May 27, 2024 Dispatches
   
   
   SYRIAN OFFICIALS CONVICTED OF CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY IN FRANCE
   
   May 23, 2024 News Release
   
   
   BIDEN SHOULD OPPOSE US SANCTIONS ON ICC


 * TECHNOLOGY AND RIGHTS
   
   Americas
   
   June 10, 2024
   
   News Release
   Brazil: Children’s Personal Photos Misused to Power AI Tools
   May 15, 2024 Letter
   
   
   LETTER URGING META TO MAINTAIN CROWDTANGLE TOOL THROUGH UPCOMING ELECTIONS
   
   May 15, 2024 Commentary
   
   
   A HUMAN RIGHTS GUIDE TO THE 2024 EUROPEAN ELECTIONS


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   Africa
   
   May 8, 2024
   
   Report
   Mali: Islamist Armed Groups, Ethnic Militias Commit Atrocities
   May 7, 2024 News Release
   
   
   TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: BRING HOME CHILDREN, WOMEN HELD IN IRAQ
   
   May 4, 2024 Commentary
   
   
   IT IS OUR MORAL CALLING TO STAND WITH WRONGLY IMPRISONED RUSSIAN PLAYWRIGHT
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   Published In The Moscow Times


 * TORTURE
   
   Middle East/North Africa
   
   April 29, 2024
   
   Report
   UAE: Unfair Trial of Rights Defenders
   April 25, 2024 News Release
   
   
   LEBANON: STEPPED-UP REPRESSION OF SYRIANS
   
   April 22, 2024 Report
   
   
   IRAN: SECURITY FORCES RAPE, TORTURE, DETAINEES


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   June 6, 2024
   
   Dispatches
   Thailand’s Leaders Shun UN Human Rights Chief
   Sunai Phasuk
   Senior Researcher, Asia Division
   June 6, 2024 Dispatches
   
   
   HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL URGED TO EXTEND MANDATE OF UN ANTI-RACISM EXPERTS
   
   May 31, 2024 Dispatches
   
   
   UN BODY RECOMMENDS NEW TREATY ON OLDER PEOPLE’S RIGHTS


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   Americas
   
   May 14, 2024
   
   Dispatches
   Lesbian Women Set on Fire in Argentina
   Erin Kilbride
   Researcher, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program
   June 10, 2024 Letter
   
   
   LETTER TO THE UN, SECURITY COUNCIL AND MEMBER STATES ON WOMEN’S RIGHTS IN
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   May 13, 2024 Dispatches
   
   
   GUILTY VERDICT IN HIGH-PROFILE KAZAKHSTAN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND MURDER CASE




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