In a new joint submission to the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine (IICIU), four independent NGOs call on the Commission to investigate the ongoing attacks on...
At least 500 attacks on health care have been perpetrated during Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine since February, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Surpassing this grim...
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) welcomes yesterday's U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas's decision to lift the injunction that required the continued implementation of the...
Ahead of Kenya's general election on August 9, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) warns of potential election-related violence, including sexual violence, and calls on the Government of Kenya to...
Today 11human rights organizations that champion the right to be free from all forms of sexual and gender-based violence welcomed the signing into law of the Mental Health (Amendment) Act, 2022 by...
Dear Speaker Pelosi, Minority Leader McCarthy, Chairwoman DeLauro, and Ranking Member Granger, The undersigned civil society organizations write to express our grave concern regarding the amendments...
After a lengthy decision process, the UN Security Council (UNSC) voted today to renew Resolution 2585, which effectively reauthorizes the use of the Bab al-Hawa border crossing from Turkey into...
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) welcomes today's United States Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling in Biden v. Texas, holding that the Biden Administration can end the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP),...
Executive Summary On July 10, 2022, the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2585, which authorizes the use of the one remaining border crossing for humanitarian aid into Syria, Bab al-Hawa,...
To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council (Geneva, Switzerland) Excellencies, Ahead of the UN Human Rights Council’s 50th session (13...