13+ hour, 24+ min ago  (286+ words) The UK Home Office'is pushing ahead with'plans to use AI technology to'guess the age of'young people arriving at UK borders to seek asylum, starting in 2027. Yet the Home Office's own tests'found the technology performed worse on certain groups of people,…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (259+ words) Progress Toward a New Treaty Unlike for war crimes and genocide, there is no dedicated international treaty under which countries agree to prosecute or extradite those responsible for crimes against humanity. If negotiations yield a new and broadly ratified treaty,…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1664+ words) Download the full report in English Download the Summary & Recommendations in Spanish Appendix: Chronology of Human Rights Documents on Autonomous Weapons Systems " 2025 Brian Stauffer for Human Rights Watch The development and use of autonomous weapons systems implicate at least six…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago  (569+ words) (Beirut) " Houthi authorities arrested dozens of people in the last week of September 2025, as they have in past years, for peacefully celebrating or posting on social media about the anniversary of Yemen's "September 26 Revolution," Human Rights Watch said today." The…...

2+ day, 16+ min ago  (524+ words) EU, Member States Should Tighten Controls " 2026 Glenn Harvey for Human Rights Watch (Brussels, June 18, 2026) " The Bulgarian government between 2018 and 2023 licensed exports of surveillance equipment to countries that were likely to use it for internal repression or to commit serious human…...

4+ mon, 6+ day ago  (482+ words) Member States Should Move Beyond Handwringing and Fund UN Human Rights "The human cost of underinvestment" While the latest financial crisis is threatening to decimate the UN's human rights work, it has been chronically and significantly underfunded for many years…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago  (146+ words) Lawmakers Should Reject Bill that Would Violate Freedom of Expression Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), along with its coalition partner Japan Innovation Party and the opposition Democratic Party for the People, and Sanseito, jointly'submitted a bill on June 16 that…...

3+ day, 16+ min ago  (857+ words) Discriminatory Laws Drive Forced Displacement in Silwan (Beirut) " Israeli authorities are accelerating home demolitions and forced evictions of Palestinian residents in the Silwan district of occupied East Jerusalem, Human Rights Watch said today. The forcible deportation or transfer of the…...

3+ day, 17+ min ago  (1684+ words) Download the full report in English Discriminatory Fines Target Black and Arab Youth in France A mother faces her sons" unpaid fine debt of tens of thousands of euros resulting from dozens of fines they received throughout their childhood, Paris,…...

3+ day, 47+ min ago  (309+ words) Families Detained, Stranded at Bangladesh Border as "Illegal Immigrants" Human Rights Watch interviewed nine people who witnessed Indian border security troops bring groups of people to the border at night and push them through cuts in the barbed wire fencing…...