Discover the most recent and important
developments in human rights.

From the report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the escalating conflict in the Kivu provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo, to the General Comment N° 37 by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on a healthy, clean and sustainable environment.

Learn about the European Court of Human Rights’ ruling against Armenia following the disproportionate use of force by police forces during the 2008 post-election protests in Yerevan; the statement by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the death of at least 50 Sudanese migrants in a boat that caught fire off the coast of Libya; and the Advisory Opinion of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on the right to care.

We also covered important pronouncements by other international bodies and courts, such as the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights’ commemoration of Pan-African Women’s Day; and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights’ recognition of the rights of family members and persons with close personal ties to people deprived of their liberty.