The Open Society Justice Initiative and five other groups have called for UNESCO to eliminate a controversial prize that would honor Africa's longest-serving autocrat.

The African Union body responsible for protecting children’s rights has urged Kenya to grant citizenship to children of its stateless Nubian minority, in a ruling that marks a victory in the battle against statelessness across the continent and beyond.

Eighteen more prominent writers, activists, and scientists have joined a call for UNESCO to definitively kill a proposed science prize honoring Teodoro Obiang, the autocratic president of Equatorial Guinea.

Open Society Justice Initiative and other groups raise questions about source of funding for prize that would honor Africa's longest-ruling autocrat.

Poland should be urged to intervene against a possible death penalty in the planned military trial of a defendant tortured on its soil.

UNESCO should reject a new bid to honor Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, the president of Equatorial Guinea and now Africa's longest serving ruler, with a prize in his name, a group of nine human rights organizations said today.

A recent decision by the co-investigating judges at the UN-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal in Cambodia marks a setback to the principle that victims of international crimes should be given a voice in the courtroom.

The UN Human Rights Committee has found the government of Kyrgyzstan responsible for the 2004 death of a detainee in police custody, underlining continued concerns about the use of torture and violence by police in Kyrgyzstan.