In a powerful victory for the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 66 nations at the UN General Assembly today supported a groundbreaking statement confirming that international human rights protections include sexual orientation and gender identity.

Israel should extend an open invitation to all United Nations human rights experts to visit the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and reverse the expulsion of Richard Falk.

Amid reports that the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) is again brutalizing civilians and in advance of the anticipated December 17 Security Council briefing by the UN Secretary-General’s special envoy for the LRA-affected areas, we write to urge your government to take steps toward helping to end LRA abuses and paving the way for apprehension of LRA leaders wanted by the International Criminal Court.

Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the Nigerian Bar Association and Nigerian NGOs have called on Nigeria to abstain during the vote on a second resolution on a moratorium on the use of the death penalty which will be introduced at the United Nations General Assembly 63rd Plenary Session, in the week starting 15 December.

The European Union should urgently send a “bridging” force to eastern Congo to help UN peacekeepers stop further attacks on civilians.

Human Rights Watch writes to the Working Group as it considers the Secretary-General's new report on children and armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, providing additional information and recommendations regarding violations against children that have accompanied the recent escalation of conflict in the Eastern DRC.

As we mark the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, how do we explain the declaration's significance in a world still rife with human rights violations?