Juliette Terzieff

Human rights advocates and Russian opposition figures are criticizing two legislative proposals before the Russian legislature. more

Around the world, governments have largely made progress in the battle against human trafficking over the last year, according to the U.S. State Department's latest "Trafficking in Persons Report," more

Amnesty International is fielding a team of human rights defenders and joining other rights groups in examining the World Cup host country's rights progress. more

Freedom House's annual review of the world's most-repressive societies is a fixture among human rights advocates as a gauge of where the most work needs to be done. This year's list features a set of countries that also represents major engagement challenges. more

Efforts to expand the scope of the International Criminal Court during a review conference taking place this week in Kampala enjoy broad support among rights advocates, but many governments have expressed reservations. more

Children's rights advocates across the globe came together May 25 to call for universal endorsement and implementation by 2012 of two United Nations protocols aimed at protecting children against exploitation during armed conflicts or at the hands of human traffickers. more

A Malawian couple became the latest gay rights activists to face a judicial backlash for their public stand on sexuality this week, when they were sentenced to 14 years hard labor for "gross indecency." more

Human rights campaigners are condemning the election of seven countries with controversial rights records to the United Nations Human Rights Council by the General Assembly last week, and calling for reform of the election process. more

A diverse group of academics, corporate leaders, universities and non-governmental organizations have joined forces in a bid to significantly change the human rights equation. more

Rights advocates marked World Press Freedom Day yesterday, emphasizing the ways in which media freedom remains a contentious issue in many parts of the world, as journalists continue to risk their liberty and lives in the pursuit of their profession. more

The plight of migrant workers around the world got significant attention from rights advocates this week ahead of International Labor Day on May 1. more

Iran dropped its bid for a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council, only to turn its sights instead on a position on a U.N. commission devoted to the protection of women's rights. more

Announcements by New Zealand and the United States this week on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples moved the world community tantalizingly close to achieving consensus on a human rights issue with ongoing relevance in many parts of the world. more

The news that the Indian cabinet has signed off on handing over the country's first anti-torture legislation to the parliament for a vote should spark cheers, right? Not exactly. more

From post-election protests in Iran to the campaign against trade in conflict minerals, social media is revolutionizing the way human rights advocates broadcast their efforts. more

Use of the death penalty is on the decline globally, with the majority of sentences handed down and carried out by a handful of hardcore holdout countries, Amnesty International said in a report (.pdf) released Tuesday. more

With an increasing number of communities around the world lacking sufficient water supplies, the push to classify access to potable water as a basic human right is gaining ground among some activists.
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South African authorities have accelerated plans to enact legislation targeting human trafficking activities ahead of the upcoming FIFA World Cup in June and July, amid warnings from rights advocates that trafficking incidents will rise before and during the competition. more

Child labor remains one of the world's most persistent human rights problems, pitting rights advocates, governments and companies against tradition, the needs of impoverished families and criminal groups. more

Governments and international sports bodies routinely fail to protect area residents from forced evictions ahead of large sporting events, independent United Nations investigator Raquel Rolnik told journalists this week. more