Human Rights Watch

El Salvador: Submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

Human Rights Watch submits this report in advance of the 103rd pre-session of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and its review of El Salvador. The submission focuses on violations of ...
Human Rights Watch

Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Rwanda

[1] Additional information on the human rights situation in Rwanda can be found at: https://www.hrw.org/africa/rwanda. [3] Human Rights Watch, World Report 2025 (New ...
NPR

The State Department is changing its mind about what it calls human rights

The Trump administration is substantially scaling back the State Department's annual reports on international human rights to remove longstanding critiques of abuses such as harsh prison conditions, ...
CNN

State Department human rights report scaled back, omits details on abuses in politically allied countries

The US State Department on Tuesday released a pared-down version of its annual report meant to catalogue human rights concerns in countries around the world. The report covers the 2024 calendar year – ...
NPR

State Department slashes its annual reports on human rights

The State Department released its long-awaited reports on international human rights Tuesday, and they drastically reduce the types of government repression and abuse that the United States under ...
Cfr.org

Trump’s Boycott of the UN’s Human Rights Process Puts America Last, Not First

CFR scholars provide expert analysis and commentary on international issues. Catherine Powell, an adjunct senior fellow for women and foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, is the former ...
Reuters

US withdraws from key UN human rights report, draws criticism from rights advocates

LONDON/GENEVA Aug 28 (Reuters) - The United States will not participate in a U.N. review of its human rights record, officials said, a move that rights advocates called a worrying retreat from ...