Reports

World Bank: Ducking Human Rights Issues Billions for Development, but Lack of Safeguards Undermines Benefits (Washington, DC) – The World Bank has closed its eyes to risks to the human rights of the very people it seeks to…

GENEVA (16 July 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Tomás Ojea Quintana, today welcomed the abolition of Nasaka, the notorious border security force operating in Rakhine State. He…

(London, July 13, 2013) – Britain’s Prime Minster David Cameron should urge visiting Burmese President Thein Sein to bring those responsible for atrocities against Burma’s Muslims to justice, release all political prisoners, and ensure that new…

A new Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) project in Papua New Guinea’s capital city of Port Moresby is bolstering access to quality medical and psychosocial care for survivors of domestic and sexual violence. At the 9…

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT AI index: ASA 11/009/2013 2 July 2013 Afghanistan: The Tokyo Mutual Accountability Framework and the Long Hard Road to Justice Amnesty International urges senior officials meeting on 3 July in Kabul to review…

Children Seeking Refuge Find Abuse, Neglect Detained, Beaten in Squalid Facilities, or Left to Fend for Themselves (Jakarta) – Indonesia detains and neglects migrant and asylum-seeking children, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Each year,…

New research commissioned by AusAID highlights the urgent need for increased action to prevent sexual violence during conflict and after crises. Hundreds of thousands of women are affected by sexual violence during conflict, and many more…

HOLDING AID AGENCIES TO ACCOUNT IMPROVES VALUE FOR MONEY Opportunities for local people to hold NGO’s to account for their actions have improved in recent years, but there has been little evidence to suggest that they can…

DHAKA / GENEVA (30 May 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, Rashida Manjoo, today urged the Government of Bangladesh to address the challenges faced by women who are victims of violence…

07 May 2013 Kabul, Afghanistan | Today UNESCO, UNDP, Afghanistan Ministry of Information and Culture and Afghanistan Journalists Federation jointly celebrated the World Press Freedom Day under the global theme “Safe to Speak: Securing Freedom of…