Lately governments of all stripes have been on a charm offensive with Hanoi, hoping Vietnam’s policy of “bamboo diplomacy” — ...

When governments convene this week in Paris for a conference on feminist foreign policy, there will be a lot to talk about.

This month, the European Commission released its LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy 2026–2030, a renewed and ambitious step in the ...

Three women died in Qarchak prison, a Tehran women’s prison notorious for abysmal conditions, between September 16 and ...

In the narrow window prior to the 2026 elections, we urge you to expand human rights protections and ensure Bangladesh has the strong institutions needed to guarantee free and fair elections and guard ...

The Trump administration is poised to mount a two-pronged attack on refugee resettlement. The first prong is quantitative: ...

Today the European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs voted to adopt its position amending the European Union’s landmark ...

As organizations committed to civil society and open civic space, we, the undersigned, are gravely concerned by the U.S.

On October 9, Human Rights Watch with Tokyo-based Human Rights Now and Peace Boat held an event at the Japanese Diet to press ...

We are writing on behalf of Human Rights Watch in the context of the upcoming summits of the Association of Southeast Asian ...

Sweden’s Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard will visit China this week “to promote Swedish priorities regarding ...

As European Union leaders and foreign ministers prepare for meetings to discuss the situation in Israel and Palestine, some of their representatives in Brussels, and Israel’s new ambassador to the EU, ...