The French government announced a new national plan last week aimed at combating racism, antisemitism, and discrimination. Unfortunately, the plan fails to tackle the systemic and institutional nature...

Le gouvernement devrait aussi aborder pas la question de la nature systémique et institutionnelle du racisme, selon Almaz Taffara.

The French government announced a new national plan last week aimed at combating racism, antisemitism, and discrimination. Unfortunately, the plan fails to tackle the systemic and institutional nature...

The French government announced a new national plan last week aimed at combating racism, antisemitism, and discrimination. Unfortunately, the plan fails to tackle the systemic and institutional nature...

The German government should abandon its plans to gut Germany’s Freedom of Information Act, Human Rights Watch said today. The proposed amendments will threaten core human rights essential to transpar...

The German government should abandon its plans to gut Germany’s Freedom of Information Act, Human Rights Watch said today. The proposed amendments will threaten core human rights essential to transpar...

Human Rights Watch, (Re) Claim et la Maison communautaire pour un développement solidaire (MCDS) dénoncent « des décisions arbitraires et abusives » fondées sur des « infractions particulièrement mal définies et floues qui donnent une trop grande marge d’interprétation aux forces de l’ordre ».

Human Rights Watch, (RE)Claim et la Maison communautaire pour un développement solidaire appellent les autorités françaises à supprimer trois contraventions utilisées à des fins de « harcèlement policier » contre des « jeunes Noirs et Arabes en France ». 

French President Emmanuel Macron addressed the need for reparations in connection with France’s role in the transatlantic slave trade on May 21.

Gender stereotypes are such a pervasive part of everyday life that it can be hard to even recognize them—but they do extraordinary damage and are at the root of many forms of inequality and violence.

Commemorating the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, the United Nations General Assembly passed a landmark resolution on March 25.

A United Nations Security Council resolution on the dispute around Morocco’s claims to Western Sahara does not ensure that a new framework to end the long-standing impasse on the issue upholds the rig...

Une décision rendue le 17 mars par un tribunal belge va permettre la mise en accusation pénale d’Étienne Davignon, le dernier ancien fonctionnaire belge encore en vie, pour son implication présumée da...

A Belgian court ruling on March 17 has paved the way for the last surviving former Belgian official, Étienne Davignon, to face a criminal trial for alleged involvement in the killing of Patrice Émery ...

A Belgian court ruling on March 17 has paved the way for the last surviving former Belgian official, Étienne Davignon, to face a criminal trial for alleged involvement in the killing of Patrice Émery ...

Vor sechs Jahren, am 19. Februar 2020, erschoss ein rechtsextremer und rassistischer Angreifer in Hanau aus eindeutig rassistischen Motiven neun Menschen und verletzte sechs, die überwiegend muslimisc...

The EU's obsession with migration has radically shaped its foreign policy — while at home its laws are eroding away asylum, warns Human Rights Watch.

In 2020, Hungary’s largest independent newsroom, Index.hu, collapsed under growing political pressure. In a historic act of protest, more than 80 journalists…

On January 20, a Belgian court held a closed-door hearing to determine whether to pursue a criminal case against the last living former Belgian official for his alleged involvement in the 1961 assassi...

A month after the deadliest police raid in Rio de Janeiro’s history, the Red Command, the organized crime group that was the target of the operation, continues to control the Alemão and Penha neighbor...

On November 12, together with the Reparations Hub, we invite you to the "Reparations Now!" conference at Berlin Global Village. From 3:30 PM (CET) to 8 PM (CET), international guests will discuss repa...

Rio de Janeiro police have failed to take crucial investigative steps to determine the circumstances of the killing of at least 121 people, including four police officers, during a raid in low-income,...

Last week, German federal, state, and local authorities adopted Common Guidelines on the handling of cultural assets and human remains from colonial contexts. Despite the welcome efforts to regulate t...

Letzte Woche verabschiedeten Bund, Länder und Kommunen Gemeinsame Leitlinien zum Umgang mit Kulturgütern und menschlichen „Überresten“ aus kolonialen Kontexten. Trotz des begrüßenswerten Erstrebens, d...

Last week, German federal, state, and local authorities adopted Common Guidelines on the handling of cultural assets and human remains from colonial contexts. Despite the welcome efforts to regulate t...

Kanzler Friedrich Merz hat recht: Es gibt ein Problem im Stadtbild. Aber das Problem ist nicht Migration, sondern Armut.

60th regular session of the Human Rights Council (08 September – 08 October 2025)