Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged a rights-based approach in a letter on Friday to the newly appointed African Union (AU) Special Envoy for the Sahel, Burundi President H.E. Évariste Ndayishimiye. HRW ...
The 2026 International Day for the Prevention of Violent Extremism as and when Conducive to Terrorism arrives at a particularly significant moment for the United Nations. This year marks 10 years ...
We welcome the reports of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Independent Expert on Haiti. Haiti’s crisis has reached catastrophic levels, with criminal groups carrying out large-scale, ...
On September 10, 2025, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) released strategic priorities that represent a significant shift in federal mental health policy. The ...
Astrid Puentes’s journey from Bogotá to the UN is shaped by a deep awareness of how environmental harm often mirrors social injustice. Early in her legal career, she confronted cases where pollution ...
*This brief has been updated to reflect new Concluding Observations made by UN Treaty Bodies as of July 8, 2025. Tax policy is inextricably bound up with governments’ human rights obligations. Under ...