UAE: Greater Progress Needed on Women's Rights
Significant Discrimination Against Women, Girls in Law and Practice
![A foreign domestic worker with a child under a billboard in the United Arab Emirates.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/03/202103mena_uae_CEDAW.jpg?h=7526b350&itok=M8nSLyQa)
Last Chance for EPP to Uphold Democratic Values in Hungary Showdown
Fidesz Departure from European Parliament Group Highlights Party’s Failure to Act
![Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban takes part in a European People Party (EPP) summit in St Julian's, Malta, March 30, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706europe_hungary_epp_orban.jpg?itok=qvvyyGEI)
Myanmar: End Lethal Force Against Protesters
UN Security Council Should Impose Targeted Sanctions, Arms Embargo
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Cambodia: Quash Conviction of Opposition Leaders
End Mass Criminal Trials of Politicians, Activists
![Sam Rainsy talks with media at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia, November 9, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/03/202303asia_cambodia_rainsy.jpg?h=e664c11c&itok=_OSAi1z5)
Statement on the Preamble to the Consultations on Political Declaration on the Use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas
Delivered by Bonnie Docherty, Senior Researcher
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Japan: Adopt LGBT Equality Act Before Olympics
Experts Urge Tokyo Organizing Committee to Support Anti-Discrimination Law
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Egypt Arrests Dissident’s Families Under Allies’ Noses
![Egyptian President Abdelfattah Al-Sisi. During his presidency, Egypt has harassed, prosecuted, arrested and seized the assets of dozens of human rights groups and defenders.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201907mena_egypt_sisi.jpg?itok=9HouHonJ)
US Should Sanction Saudi Crown Prince
Overwhelming Evidence of Role in Khashoggi Murder, Other Abuses
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US Has a Chance to Protect Forests Worldwide
Biden Should Back Bill to Address US Role in Global Deforestation
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UN rights body should increase attention to Covid abuses, China, Ethiopia
Item 2 - General Debate on the High Commissioner's Report
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How Europe Can Help End Death and Despair in the Mediterranean Sea
Commitment from EU Governments Could Ease Crisis on Deadly Migration Routes
![Migrants on a boat that they tried to take to Italy, after being detained at a Libyan Navy base in Tripoli on September 20, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/rts1z3rsized.jpg?itok=GmLK95tX)
Time for a Female UN Secretary-General?
Guterres Reelection Run Shouldn’t Deter Nominations of Qualified Women
![U.N. headquarters Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Jeenah Moon)](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/08/202001ij_UN_build.jpg?h=1116cd87&itok=fPq4Nifh)
South Asia’s Women’s Rights Activists Should Be Heard
International Women’s Day Should Prompt Real Reforms