Guidelines for the implementation of the European Union’s Forced Labor Regulation are an important step toward rights-respecting supply chains but need further strengthening to eliminate forced labor ...

The censorship of prominent social media accounts, foreign films, and events with LGBT themes around Pride month illustrates the deteriorating rights situation for LGBT people in China.

Chinese authorities are increasing pressure on underground Catholic communities to join the state-controlled official church.

Ayla, 21, Jomana, 18, and Ilya, 19, came to Sweden as children, though at different ages and under different circumstances. Today they face the same reality: all have been ordered to leave the country...

Ayla, 21, Jomana, 18, and Ilya, 19, came to Sweden as children, though at different ages and under different circumstances. Today they face the same reality: all have been ordered to leave the country...

(London, January 15, 2026) – Kazakh authorities should drop charges against 18 Kazakh activists who peacefully protested against Chinese government abuses in Xinjiang, Human Rights Watch said today. T...

On January 9, the European Union’s highest-level leaders, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and EU Council President Antonio Costa, are set to meet with Syrian leaders in Damascus for their...

French President Emmanuel Macron should privately and publicly stress the importance of human rights in Sino-French relations during his visit to China on December 3-5, 2025.

On November 13, a European Parliament majority sold out rights protections to corporate interests in the course of negotiating amendments to the European Union’s landmark Corporate Sustainability Due ...

Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.

Living in Louisiana's so-called 'Cancer Alley' means that I have a message for the European Parliament as it continues to debate the EU’s flagship corporate accountability law: do not give in to the fossil-fuel industry.

On October 30, France will host a conference in Paris in support of peace and prosperity in the Great Lakes to rally global support to confront the deepening humanitarian crisis region and to give fre...

Living in Louisiana's so-called 'Cancer Alley' means that I have a message for the European Parliament as it continues to debate the EU’s flagship corporate accountability law: do not give in to the f...

This analysis is part of the MERICS Europe-China Resilience Audit. For detailed country profiles and further analyses, visit the project's landing page. China and other authoritarian regimes often tar...

This month, the European Commission released its LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy 2026–2030, a renewed and ambitious step in the European Union’s commitment to equality, inclusion, and human rights.

Today the European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs voted to adopt its position amending the European Union’s landmark corporate accountability law that will seriously curtail efforts to mitiga...

Le 13 octobre, le tribunal d’Evry, en région parisienne, jugera Dilnur Reyhan, éminente universitaire et militante française ouïghoure, présidente de l'Institut ouïghour d'Europe, pour « dégradation d...

An international rights group says several global brands are among dozens of companies at risk of using forced labor through their Chinese supply chains.

Human Rights Watch reiterates its regrets that the European Union continues to hold its human rights dialogue with China, given that no guarantees or improvements have been secured over its past 39 it...

The Trump administration’s first 100 days in office have been a relentless barrage of actions that violate, threaten, or undermine the human rights of people in the United States and abroad.

I understand from multiple sources that China may be preparing to lift its sanctions on members of the European Parliament (MEPs) as early as next week. The sanctions were imposed in March 2021 in res...