September 17, 2025 News Release

Brazil Passes Landmark Law to Protect Children Online

New Safeguards Will Require Online Service Providers to Ensure Young Users’ Data Privacy

The Brazilian Senate in Brasilia, February 1, 2021.
August 27, 2025 Dispatches

Brazil One Step Away from Protecting Children Online

President Lula Should Sign Bill to Safeguard Children’s Data Privacy

The Brazilian Senate in Brasilia, February 1, 2021.
June 25, 2025 Dispatches

New Global Coalition Urges Rights-Based Climate Relocation Policies

Coastal Communities Most Affected by Climate Crisis Should Lead the Way

The Coalition on Dignified Climate-related Planned Relocation, New York City, June 19, 2025.
June 13, 2025 Dispatches

Japan Acts to Protect Athletes from Abuse

Four Years Since Tokyo Olympics, Lawmakers Commit to Protecting Children

Collage of sports photos
January 21, 2025 Dispatches

US Health Agency Calls for Intersex Informed Consent

Federal Agency Supports Ending Medically Unnecessary Non-Consensual Surgeries

People rally to end intersex surgeries in New York City, October 27, 2018. 
January 16, 2025 Dispatches

US Commits to Protecting Education during Conflict

Joins 120 Countries around the World Supporting the Safe Schools Declaration

 A school guard walks in the corridor of a school which was heavily damaged after a Russian airstrike in Mohrytsia, Ukraine, August 14, 2024.
January 8, 2025 Dispatches

Jimmy Carter’s Post-Presidential Human Rights Legacy

Supported International Justice and Child Soldier, Landmine Bans

Former US President Jimmy Carter.
December 9, 2024 Interview

“I Kept Saying, ‘I Don't Want To.’"

How HRW Investigated Labor Abuses, Sexual Exploitation in Colombia's Webcam Studios

Webcam models seated in cubicles in a studio
December 5, 2024 Dispatches

Tanzania’s President Takes on Forced Evictions of Maasai Community

Meaningful Consultations, Accountability Needed in Ngorongoro Conservation Area

A man stands in front of a herd of cattle with his back to the camera
December 2, 2024 Dispatches

Volkswagen’s China Joint Venture to Exit Xinjiang

Positive Step Doesn’t End Risk of Supply Chain Links to State-Imposed Forced Labor

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November 28, 2024 News Release

State of Mexico Congress Votes to Decriminalize Abortion

Authorities Should Ensure Access to Care, Wide Dissemination of Legal Protections

Green handkerchiefs bearing the slogan "Abortion for All of Mexico" in front of the State of Mexico Congress on September 19, 2024, in Toluca, Mexico.