June 23, 2021
Tough Challenge for German Leadership in Libya Talks
![Fighters of Libya's UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) during clashes at the Ain Zara frontline, in the southern suburbs of capital Tripoli, with the forces of the Libyan National Army (LNA).](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/12/202012mena_libya_wr.jpg?h=4e2fc0e2&itok=t02DY4AF)
June 23, 2021
Frontex Failing to Protect People at EU Borders
Stronger Safeguards Vital as Border Agency Expands
![A Portuguese vessel in a Frontex operation in Lesbos, Greece, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/06/202106eca_EU_Frontex_Coverr.jpg?h=c4e300e7&itok=QIKqEQ2N)
June 23, 2021
Discrimination in Tanzania’s Schools Ruining Girls’ Lives
President Suluhu Should Support Education of Pregnant Girls
![Cartoon for Tanzania Education Report](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/10s.jpg?itok=r_18bKtT)
![Mother Nature Cambodia activist Sun Ratha waves to her family as she is brought to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on June 19, 2021. (c) 2021 LICADHO](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/06/202106asia_cambodia_activist.jpeg?h=9e5c66db&itok=53LKZKXo)
June 22, 2021
Malaysia Should Legally Recognize Transgender People
Gender Recognition Would Help Address Rights Violations
![Transgender people in Malaysia face discrimination and abuses by government officials and agents, including public sector medical staff, teachers and local government officials. © 2014 Javad Tizmaghz Photography by Human Rights Watch](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/06/202105malaysia_lgbt_rights_trans.jpg?h=93791c6f&itok=CI6mTlOJ)
June 22, 2021
EU Should Hold Firm against the Kremlin’s 'Flywheel of Repression'
Attacks on Russian Civic Groups, Media, Critics Need EU’s Attention, Action
![EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell at a news conference unveiling a report on proposals for the EU stance on Russia. Brussels, Wednesday, June 16, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/06/202105russia_eu_council.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=dQSKQ4D2)
June 22, 2021
UN Rights Body Should Create New Role on Human Rights and Climate Change
Addressing Climate Crisis Requires Immediate Action
![After years of very little rainfall, the lakebed of Suesca lagoon sits dry and cracked, in Suesca, Colombia, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/06/202105us_climate_change_commission.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=V_yu-5CV)
June 22, 2021
Spate of Antisemitic Attacks in US During Recent Mideast Tensions
Biden Envoy Should Combat Actual Antisemitism, Not Israeli Criticism
![Police stand guard in front of the Young Israel of Riverdale synagogue where glass windows were smashed in New York on April 25, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/06/202105unitedstates_antisemitism_biden_commision.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=5iBwIvq_)
June 22, 2021
UN Rights Council needs to address China, Ethiopia, systemic racism and climate change
Item 2: Interactive Dialogue on High Commissioner’s annual report
![Delegates sit at the opening of the 41th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, June 24, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/03/202003AFR_SOUTHSUDAN_HRC_41SESS.jpg?h=1c9b88c9&itok=ujntb3PN)
![Demonstrators show photos of people killed during Brazil's dictatorship outside a police station that used to be a torture center used by the dictatorship in Sao Paulo, Brazil on August 5th, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/06/202105brazil_dictatorship_sentence_disappearings.jpg?h=21017897&itok=nIzpYaI4)
June 22, 2021
ILO Slams Kazakhstan for Long-Standing Labor Rights Abuses
Government Urged to Fully Implement Reforms
![A worker prepares pipes to service an oil well on oil fields operated by a subsidiary of the KazMunayGas Exploration Production JSC in Kyzylorda region, southern Kazakhstan on January 21, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/06/202105kazakhstan_labor_unions.jpg?h=f6963184&itok=Eo53WqMU)
June 22, 2021
Statement on Stockpile Destruction and Mines Retained, Mine Ban Treaty Intersessional Meetings
Delivered by Steve Goose, Executive Director
![Villagers stand in front of a Unicef banner warning of landmines outside Caala, Angola](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201909africa_angola_landmines.jpg?itok=nyN432w3)
June 22, 2021
Myanmar: Teenager Describes Torture, Mock Burial
Many Tell of Beatings, Ill-Treatment in Detention
![202106asia_myanmar_police_kamayut_court](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/06/202106asia_myanmar_police_kamyut_court.jpg?h=88f69718&itok=dAnvu-tl)
June 22, 2021
Guatemala: 3 Killings of LGBT People in a Week
Investigate, Bolster Protections for LGBT People
![Andrea González](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/06/202106americas_guatemala_andreagonzalez.jpg?h=cfdd0b22&itok=CAFBiTGu)