![Ban Ki Moon at the UN General Assembly](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/ij-un-resolution-syria.jpg?itok=2vAfccpL)
![Ban Ki Moon at the UN General Assembly](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/ij-un-resolution-syria.jpg?itok=2vAfccpL)
December 21, 2016
The Year in Human Rights Videos
![Demonstrators chant slogans while flashing the Oromo protest gesture during Irreecha, the thanksgiving festival of the Oromo people, in Bishoftu town, Oromia region, Ethiopia, October 2, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-11-ethiopia-africa-oromo-protest.jpg?itok=pBngnBBG)
December 21, 2016
How Four Policemen in Mumbai Were Convicted for Torturing and Killing a Man
A Postmortem Report, a Special Public Prosecutor, and an Eyewitness Testimony Turned the Tide in the Case of 20-Year-Old Aniket Khicchi
![Police officers in New Delhi, India in January 2016. Police in India are often accused of protecting colleagues from accountability for abuses.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-12-asia-india-main.jpg?itok=qkGOJBue)
December 21, 2016
After a Grim 2016, Some Good News for Children
Progress in Fight Against Child Soldier Use, Violence, Child Marriage
![Internally displaced children attending classes at a displacement camp in Maiduguri, Borno state, September 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/web-13.jpg?itok=NQlvhq0d)
![Aleppo wheelchair](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/screen_shot_2016-12-21_at_15.02.47.png?itok=_LTaKNuY)
![Police arrest protester in Kazakhstan.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/rtsf8zw-sized_for_display.jpg?itok=4X-_U28c)
December 21, 2016
Japan’s Crucial Role Protecting Civilians in South Sudan
![South Sudan #HaltArms](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/rtr3f5oa-gradient.jpg?itok=5AK8t8Qc)
December 21, 2016
France/UK: Lone Children From Calais Left in Limbo
Ensure Fair, Transparent Process for UK Entry
![Unaccompanied children in the Calais migrant camp await interviews with the UK Home Office, October 22, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-12-crd-calais-children_waiting_registration.jpg?itok=1gOU8SD7)
December 21, 2016
Lebanon: Syrian Refugee’s Account of Torture
Detained, Beaten, Abused on Suspicion of Being Gay
![Lebanese police stand guard as protesters carry banners during a sit-in for LGBT rights in Beirut.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016_lebanon_lgbt_presser_picture.jpg?itok=8RelDUfV)
December 21, 2016
Thailand: Cyber Crime Act Tightens Internet Control
Sweeping Powers to Censor, Stifle Free Speech, Silence Critics
![Thailand: Cyber Crime Act Tightens Internet Control PHOTO](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/thailand.jpg?itok=unjjroY9)
![Displaced Iraqi civilians hold white flags as they flee a battle with the Islamic State in Kokjali village near Mosul, November 03, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/rtx2rq2f.jpg?itok=ixQUVqQ2)
![2016-12-eca-tajikistan-group-24](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/guruh1.jpg?itok=TCOvrIlY)
December 20, 2016
Letter to Foreign Ministers: Support UNGA Resolution on Accountability for Syria Crimes
![Syrian Man Carries Children After Barrel Bomb Attack](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/ijp-uj-syria_oct_2016.jpg?itok=ZNLa4k_8)
December 20, 2016
Human Rights Coalition Raises Concerns Over Choice of Minsk to Host European Games
![2016-12-belarus-european-games](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/janez_kocijancic_2013.jpg?itok=rMDWgWYF)
December 20, 2016
US Plan on Responsible Business Conduct is Too Little, Too Late
Trump’s Administration Will Affect How Plan is Carried Out, Enforced
![Exxon Mobil CEO Rex W. Tillerson addresses the media at a news conference at the conclusion of the Exxon Mobil Shareholders Meeting in Dallas, Texas May 27, 2009.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-12-us-united-states-tillerson.jpg?itok=ZxP_GTIG)