May 18, 2023
In Praise of Competitive UN Elections
Member Countries Can Keep Abusive Governments Off Important UN Bodies
![Valentin Rybakov, permanent representative of Belarus to the United Nations, addresses the Security Council meeting on threats to international peace and security, New York, US.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/05/202305un_usa_belarus_aalentin_rybakov.jpg?h=10d202d3&itok=yrpO1Wd4)
May 15, 2023
Hard Choices in Afghanistan’s Humanitarian Crisis
Aid Organizations Balance Assistance against Mounting Taliban Abuses
![A nongovernmental organization delivers food aid in Kabul, Afghanistan.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/05/202305asia_afghanistan_ngo_food_aid.jpg?h=0f4230fa&itok=WzAgJKum)
May 10, 2023
Jordan’s Child Rights Record in the Spotlight
Nationality Law, Access to Education Key Issues Under UN Review
![A Jordanian woman married to a foreign national carrying her daughter, one of her four children without Jordanian citizenship, on February 9, 2018 in Amman, Jordan.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201804mena_jordan_photo1.jpg?itok=ad_coN7t)
May 8, 2023
Corporal Punishment on the Rise in Afghanistan
UN Reports on Public Lashings, Executions by Taliban for ‘Moral Crimes’
![Taliban fighters ride atop a Humvee after detaining four men in Kabul, Afghanistan.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/05/202305asia_afghanistan_taliban_patrol.jpg?h=41f55a5b&itok=1jIVuvFc)
April 28, 2023
UN Human Rights Council Should Respond to Sudan Crisis
Hold Special Session; Create Mechanism to Collect Evidence of Abuses
![Men walk by a damaged building](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/04/202304afr_sudan_khartoum_building.jpg?h=0924234d&itok=26jqpQII)
April 26, 2023
Afghanistan Special Envoys Should Hold Firm Line on Rights
Taliban Have Imposed Cruel Choice for Afghans Needing Aid
![Amina Mohammed, UN Deputy Secretary-General, at a press briefing](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/04/202304asia_afghanistan_un_aminamohammed.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=8PuJVHoL)
April 20, 2023
UN: More Groups Address ‘Antisemitism’ Issue
Amnesty International Among 104 Urging Against Adopting Controversial Definition
![UN Headquarters](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/01/202201bhr_un_cyber_building.jpg?h=fee4874d&itok=R2CDoD3A)
April 7, 2023
Weak UN Resolution on Libya Exposes EU Bias
Missed Opportunity to Tackle EU Responsibility in Migrant Rights Violations
![Migrants who were intercepted by Libyan authorities on a boat off the coast.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/01/202301afr_libya_detained_migrant_interception.jpg?h=ff3964ef&itok=omtFgf0T)
April 5, 2023
Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Turkmenistan
44th Session of the UN Universal Periodic Review
April 5, 2023
Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Uzbekistan
44th session of the UN Universal Periodic Review