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Why Nigeria needs to acknowledge male conflict rape survivors
16 Feb 2026 13:27 GMT
… men and boys are also raped, trafficked, and taken as … of the reason male sexual abuse is overlooked is because men … – which works to prosecute rape perpetrators – said they handled … be a remedy"
Human rights lawyers interviewed in our study suggested …
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Lawyers challenge blitz on unregistered vehicles
18 Feb 2026 01:34 GMT
… the blitz.
BY MIRIAM MANGWAYA
HUMAN rights’ lawyers have challenged the ongoing police … as robberies, murder, kidnapping and rape.
In his founding affidavit, Musarurwa …
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Epstein files: ‘No one is too wealthy or too powerful to be above the law’; rights experts demand accountability
18 Feb 2026 00:48 GMT
… occur when acts such as rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, trafficking … cost, stressing that under international human rights law, States are obligated to prevent …
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Tell the UN That the Murderous Iranian Regime Is Not Welcome on Human Rights Council
16 Feb 2026 16:51 GMT
… low, even for the UN.
Human rights lawyer and UN Watch Director Hillel … Iran’s regime committing mass rape against female protesters, not only …
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Wrongly-convicted men denied compensation
16 Feb 2026 15:38 GMT
… ’s conviction for a 1987 rape and murder was overturned in … it.
Glyn Maddocks KC, a human rights lawyer who in 2020 was made …
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UN experts: Flawed ‘Epstein Files’ disclosures undermine accountability for grave crimes against women and girls
16 Feb 2026 14:13 GMT
… of systematic and large-scale sexual abuse, trafficking and exploitation of … acts such as sexual slavery, rape, enforced prostitution, trafficking, persecution, … associate under investigation. Under international human rights law, States are obligated to …
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How Georgian civil society is turning to international law to survive repression
16 Feb 2026 13:20 GMT
… to sustain their work.
International human rights law as a survival tool
Against … , it provides expertise on international human rights law and supports local partners to … and children from domestic violence, sexual abuse, and torture. Its work often …
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UN rights office says RSF atrocities committed during capture of Sudan city amount to war crimes
16 Feb 2026 08:49 GMT
… and a pattern of rape and gang rape against women and girls … ; infliction of sexual violence, including rape; torture and other cruel treatment … Humanitarian Law (IHL) and International Human Rights Law (IHRL) for identifying war crimes …
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Britain’s Two-Tier Justice Problem
16 Feb 2026 06:00 GMT
… the members of a child-rape gang. Last year, when … prosecutor knew Hermer, a human-rights lawyer whose activist friends describe as … is that the Pakistani Muslim rape gangs—far and away … 38 defendants across five separate rape gangs, convicted between 2012 …
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The fierce show returning to our stages, although the star longs for the theme to be irrelevant
15 Feb 2026 13:29 GMT
… award-winning playwright (and former human rights lawyer) Suzie Miller, filming has also … provide justice for women in rape, sexual assault or harassment cases …