Tag: United Nations

The international community must act to investigate the evident murder of Jamal Khashoggi, and to amplify Arab voices.

Our reports cover a country’s human rights obligations, developments since the last review, and pressing examples with evidence to show how rights are being violated or put at risk.

In the current review cycle, we provide evidence on the human rights situation in Chile, New Zealand, Uruguay, Vietnam, and Yemen.

The United States is pulling out of the United Nations Human Rights Council. This abdicates responsibility and will hurt human rights.

Our joint review with APC of the internet and human rights issues at stake in the 38th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, June 18-July 6

Access Now joins a coalition of rights organizations in calling on Russia to stop blocking the encrypted messaging application Telegram, and to cease its broader attack on free expression online and the free press.

Our submission to the United Nations on “the right to privacy in the digital age” details ways that governments can protect this fundamental right.

Our letter to the U.N. High Commissioner on Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, urges the United Nations to address recent human rights violations committed by the Republic of Cameroon against the country’s Anglophone population.

The Minister of the Interior admits to spying on journalists’ phone calls with protesters.

For gender equality by 2030, civil society and governments need to collaborate on preventing gendered surveillance.