Top leadership of both the ruling and opposition parties in Nepal expressed commitment to take the transitional justice process to its logical conclusion soon.

The Human Rights Council concluded its 42nd regular session held in Geneva from September 9th to the 27th after adopting 37resolutions and a presidential statement. 

Egyptian authorities have made it clear that they intend to use force to quell Friday’s planned demonstrations against the rule of the president, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi.

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) learned with great sadness of the death of Louis Joinet, a tireless activist for the universality of human rights, architect of the strengthening of the rule of law in France, and inspiration for the development of international human rights standards.

Bangkok’s Criminal Court acquitted six prominent pro-democracy activists in an important verdict for protecting free expression in Thailand, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said today. The court ruled that a 2018 rally demanding a free and fair election was a peaceful exercise of fundamental freedoms guaranteed by the Thai constitution.

By the time she was a teenager, Aminatou Haidar was already an activist. She has continued to campaign peacefully for the independence of her home country, Western Sahara, ever since.

Former combatants for Colombia's once-largest rebel army asked for forgiveness on Monday as they acknowledged kidnappings during the nation's long civil conflict before a special tribunal created by the peace process.

Colombia is in danger of falling back into dark times. It has become possible that a forgotten conflict—a guerrilla war for political control, for land, money, power, resources, weapons, and cocaine—could flare up again. It would mark the rekindling of a clash that finally seemed as though it had been resolved.

Victims of human rights abuses under former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh are questioning whether they will ever get justice, after at least four members of a notorious hit squad were freed despite having confessed to jointly killing more than 50 people.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced Wednesday that a long-sought agreement has been reached on the composition of a committee to draft a new constitution for Syria, an important step toward hopefully ending the more than eight-year conflict.