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Today, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rescinded its 2009 endangerment finding: a drastic move even in the context of the Trump administration’s larger deregulatory and anti-climate agenda.

Hungary’s government dealt a severe blow to the rule of law by issuing a decree that terminates ongoing court cases challenging a tax on municipalities, Human Rights Watch said today. The move sets a dangerous precedent for executive interference with the courts and the separation of powers.

Ida Sawyer, crisis and conflict director at Human Rights Watch, and Nicole Widdersheim, deputy Washington director, traveled to Minnesota in early February to document the impact of the federal government’s “Operation Metro Surge.”

A Hong Kong court’s conviction of the father of a prominent US based democracy activist on February 11, 2026, reflects the Chinese government’s escalation of its campaign of transnational repression.

United Nations member countries will select a new UN secretary-general this year to succeed António Guterres in January 2027.

The United States Africa Command has recently disclosed a small troop deployment to Nigeria to support the country’s security forces.

Last week, six people linked to Palestine Action, a direct action protest group, were acquitted of aggravated burglary in connection with an alleged break in at Elbit Systems, a defense firm with close ties to the Israeli military, in August 2024.

The Criminal Justice Working Group (CJWG) expresses its concern regarding the reported transfer of thousands of alleged ISIS affiliates from Syria to Iraq, and the likelihood that these individuals will be prosecuted exclusively under Iraq’s counter-terrorism legislation.

Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to offer input for the Special Rapporteur’s upcoming thematic report on curriculum, pedagogy and assessment at the service of the right to education. This submission draws on Human Rights Watch’s global research on the right to education and focuses on human rights concerns related to 1) the lack of comprehensive sexuality education in the many countries, 2) barriers to education for refugee children, and 3) education as a tool for political indoctrination or assimilation.