A Closer Look at India’s Global Influence on Human Rights

With Narendra Modi and Donald Trump winning reelection last year, India-U.S. observers expect deeper alignment between the countries, despite likely friction on trade. India’s strident assertions of strategic autonomy and harsh pushback on human rights …

Human rights body presses for change

Fiji Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission Director Loukinikini Lewaravu [File Photo] The Fiji Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission has called on the government to improve national systems that address gender inequality and violence …

Human Rights Commission calls quotas to boost women’s leadership roles and for stronger online safety laws

Human Rights Commission calls quotas to boost women’s leadership roles and for stronger online safety laws The Fiji Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission has called on the Government to urgently address gender-related issues by reviewing and …

Review norms for registering school run by transperson: Haryana Human Rights Commission

Haryana human rights panel supports transgender educator'€™s bid to get school recognised

Chandigarh, In a significant step towards promoting equality and inclusion in the education sector, the Haryana Human Rights Commission has issued a landmark order, supporting a transgender educator's effort to get his school recognised. Haryana human …

Celebration or Condemnation? Human Rights, Passover, and the Tenth Plague

Many of us may be uncomfortable with the sweeping destruction of the Ten Plagues as we recite them at the seder — particularly the final plague, the death of the firstborn, which the Torah takes pains to make clear affected every household in Egypt. Was it …

Why Election Observers Are Human-Rights Defenders

Election observers are the first line of defense for democratic rights and freedoms, and they work in some of the most challenging places. They deserve the same protections as human-rights defenders. By Gerardo de Icaza April 2025 Democratic recession has …

CSOs Follow-up Report to OSCE Vienna Mechanism on Rights Violations

Three Georgian civil society organizations submitted a report to the OSCE Vienna Mechanism highlighting the ineffective investigation of alleged torture and ill-treatment of protesters in Georgia since November 2024 and calling to invoke the Moscow …

German Proposal to Strip Citizenship Endangers Human Rights: Why It Must Be Rejected

On June 27, 2024, one powerful photograph came from Berlin. Germany, a nation for all citizens, no matter where their nationality comes from! The image of a citizen proudly standing there holding their German and Turkish passports signifying a call for …

Global silence on India’s human rights abuses

Let’s cut through the spin. The world is actively enabling India’s descent into authoritarianism. Global leaders cozy up to New Delhi, hypnotized not by genuine prosperity, but by a $3.7 trillion GDP figure that looks impressive on paper but masks the …