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World Report 2018 – events of 2017
Published in 2018
Source: Human Rights Watch
World Report 2018 is Human Rights Watch’s (HRW) 28th annual review of human rights practices around the globe. It summarizes key human rights issues in more than 90 countries and territories worldwide, drawing on events from late 2016 through November 2017. The Executive Director of HRW in his keynote essay, “The Pushback Against the Populist […]
Who Provides? Who Cares? Changing Dynamics in Muslim Families
Published in 2018
Source: Musawah
This thematic paper examines economic and parental rights and responsibilities in Muslim families using the holistic Musawah approach, which integrates Islamic teachings, international human rights principles, national guarantees of equality, and realities of women’s and men’s lives today. There are four main sections in the paper: an overview of how classical Muslim jurists understood the […]
What Are Girls’ Rights?
Published in 2018
Source: Plan International
This fact sheet highlights specifically on girls’ rights and that millions of girls continue to struggle to claim their rights. Despite the existence of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), international law overlooks girls, effectively rendering them invisible. Rarely […]
From Disparity to Dignity: Tackling economic inequality through the Sustainable Development Goals
Published in 2018
Source: Center for Economics and Social Rights
The aim of this briefing is to propose a human rights-centered policy agenda to tackle economic inequality and the social inequalities it reinforces. It sets out to illustrate how human rights can provide both a normative framework and a set of accountability mechanisms to accelerate success in meeting this most cross-cutting of sustainable development goals.
Breaking Ground 2018
Published in 2018
Source: Center for Reproductive Rights
This booklet summarizes the jurisprudence from United Nations treaty monitoring bodies on reproductive rights, particularly the standards on reproductive health information and contraception, maternal health care, and abortion. It is intended to provide treaty body experts and human rights advocates with succinct and accessible information on the standards being adopted across treaty monitoring bodies pertaining […]
Amnesty International Report 2017 / 2018
Published in 2018
Source: Amnesty International Ltd
The Amnesty International Report 2017/18 shines a light on the state of the world’s human rights during 2017. The foreword, five regional overviews and a survey of 159 countries and territories from all regions document the struggle of many people to claim their rights, and the failures of governments to respect, protect and fulfil human […]
Human Development Report 2016
Published in 2018
Source: United Nations Development Programme
The 2016 Human Development Report focuses on how human development can be ensured for everyone — now and in the future. It covers an account of the achievements, challenges and hopes for human progress, envisioning where humanity wants to go. The Report also identifies the national policies and key strategies that will enable every human […]
Rights at Risk – Observatory on the Universality of Rights Trends Report 2017
Published in 2017
Source: Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID)
This report represents the first of a yearly series on human rights trends produced by the Observatory on the Universality of Rights (OURs) initiative. OURs is a new collaborative and multi-organizational project that aims to monitor, analyze, and share information on these antirights initiatives threatening international and regional human rights systems. The focus of this […]
Advancing the Human Rights and Inclusion of LGBTI People: A Handbook for Parliamentarians
Published in 2017
Source: UNDP
This handbook is jointly produced by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA). It sets out relevant human rights frameworks and highlights the role of parliamentarians in implementing Agenda 2030, to ensure no one, including LGBTI people, is left behind. The handbook offers practical tips, tools and resources designed to […]
All Women, All Rights, Sex Workers Included: US Foreign Assistance and the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Female Sex Workers
Published in 2017
Source: Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE)
The report is based on a review of peer-reviewed articles, collaborative guidance and recommendations, and grey literature which examined the SRHR needs of female sex workers (FSWs). CHANGE also conducted semi-structured, not-for-attribution interviews with key informants, including U.S. officials, country-based implementers, researchers, sex workers, sex worker advocates, service providers, and representatives from multilateral organisations. Based […]