December 5, 2022
December 5, 2022
ICC: Ensure Victims’ Equal Access to Justice
Governments at Annual Meeting Should Support Court’s Global Mandate
![ASp 2019](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201911ij_netherlands_asp.jpg?itok=HFUxurzx)
December 5, 2022
Human Rights Watch Statement for the General Debate of the International Criminal Court’s 21st Assembly of States Parties
![20th ASP session, December 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/07/202207IJ_ICC_ASP.jpg?h=e91a75a9&itok=vfdfezUQ)
December 5, 2022
Iran: State-Backed Hacking of Activists, Journalists, Politicians
Ongoing Phishing Campaign Imperils Independent Groups
![Google apps are displayed on a smartphone.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/12/202212mena_iran_google.jpeg?h=2992ba0a&itok=QNXNmhPQ)
December 4, 2022
Poland: Lawmaker Faces Charges for Pro-Choice Protest
Targeting MP Escalates Attacks on Women’s Rights, Free Speech
![Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus, a social activist and politician, reads testimony from a child who was molested by a priest during a protest in Warsaw, October 7, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/12/202212wrd_poland_joanna.jpg?h=9eb0d413&itok=jlDIOoxS)
December 4, 2022
Libya: ICC Reignites Hope for Long-Delayed Justice
Torture, Disappearances, Killings in War-Time Prisons
![Defaced mural at Central Support Prison in Tarhouna, a facility used by the al-Kaniyat militia during the 2019-2020 conflict to detain, torture, and disappear people.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/12/202212mena_libya_tarhounamural.jpg?h=1b6b5d13&itok=4VRLwegu)
December 3, 2022
Governments Should Prioritize Mental Health Support
International Day of Persons with Disabilities a Reminder to Keep Rights at Center
![Palestinian children participate in a mental health support session.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/12/202212drd_palestine_mental_health_support_gaza.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=XpARlU9R)
December 2, 2022
France Should Denounce the Expulsion of Salah Hamouri by Israel
![Salah Hamouri](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/05/202205MENA_IsraelPalestine_SalahHamouri2.jpg?h=e390b454&itok=zOawJWeL)
December 2, 2022
Historic Moment of First Woman Referee in Men’s World Cup - and in Qatar too
Qatar Should End its Male Guardianship Rules Over Women
December 2, 2022
Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week
![Chinese police officers block off access to a site where protesters had gathered in Shanghai on November 27, 2022.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/11/202211asia_china_protests_0.jpg?h=9eb0d413&itok=GpnHWrIZ)
December 2, 2022
New York Mayor Targets Unhoused Communities
New Directive Expands Involuntary Hospitalization as Response to Houselessness
![Residents of an unhoused encampment adjacent to Tompkins Square Park in New York City.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/12/202212usp_usa_police_arrest_unhoused_people_nyc.jpg?h=c3635fa2&itok=6puNtbtw)
December 1, 2022
Russia: New Restrictions for ‘Foreign Agents’
Foreign Influence Would Now Suffice for Toxic Designation
![On the night before the infamous “foreign agents” law came into force back in 2012, unknown individuals sprayed graffiti reading, “Foreign Agent! ♥ USA” on the buildings hosting the offices of three prominent NGOs in Moscow, including Memorial.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/11/202111ECA_russia_memorial.jpg?h=7080a591&itok=8ZCUUf_m)
December 1, 2022
New EU Migration Plan, Same Rights Violations
Proposals Strengthen Repressive Regimes and Facilitate Abuses
![Men detained in Gasr Garabulli, northwestern Libya.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/12/202212eca_libya_migrants_detained_libyan_coast_guard.jpg?h=11b34633&itok=bieZTXHc)
December 1, 2022
EU Takes Step Towards Banning Plastic Waste Exports
European Countries Should Commit to Reducing Waste
![A man collects items from an illegal dump on November 29, 2020 in Adana, southern Turkey.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/11/202211ehr_global_plastics.jpg?h=bc816b12&itok=WZ2M0sJV)