LGBT rights are on the chopping block around the world. But the landscape for these rights has also shifted tremendously towards progress in recent decades.

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US President Donald Trump was just awarded the newly created “FIFA Peace Prize.”

But his administration’s appalling human rights record certainly does not display “exceptional actions for peace and unity.”

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4qbQiu7

Two dozen humanitarian workers face trial on the Greek island of Lesbos this week on baseless felony charges.

This case sends a dangerous message that helping people on the move is a legal offense.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/3Mj4FOr

The global ban on antipersonnel landmines saves civilian lives. But the landmark treaty faces serious threats from countries leaving the treaty and new landmine use.

In 2025, five countries gave formal notification to withdraw from the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty. Learn more ⤵️

📝 What was the first ever United Nations human rights treaty, adopted by the UN on December 9, 1948?

🟦 Find out which one and learn more: https://bit.ly/4aeu59O

The UK’s new immigration plan is a profound retreat from the humane approach Labour promised voters. Labour should recognize the enormous contributions refugees make, and the moral and legal obligation to provide protection. ✍️ HRW's @yasmineahmed.bsky.social

Read more: https://bit.ly/4pC73hJ

At this year's COP30 summit, Afro-Brazilian leaders urged authorities to help them protect the forest and their territories.

As Quilombola communities face threats from violence and deforestation, Brazil should issue long-awaited land titles now.

There's enough money in the world to accelerate the phase out of fossil fuels. This is why governments should support the UN Tax Treaty.

At #COP30, @sylvainaubry.bsky.social discusses the need for governments to finalize a UN Tax Treaty by 2027.

"[These Palestinian refugees] are the refugees that were forcibly displaced and expelled in 1948, and their descendants [...] And now they've been forced to move once again and been denied return."

HRW's Nadia Hardman on our report on Israel’s forced displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank:

As #COP30 comes to a close, we remind governments of their international obligations to address climate change as well as to respect and protect environmental defenders' basic rights.

Hear more from environmental defenders at #COP30 ⤵️

Security forces in Nepal used disproportionate force against youth-led protests on September 8, 2025, indiscriminately firing on protesters multiple times.

Authorities in Nepal should investigate the disproportionate use of force by police and hold those responsible to account.

In early 2025, the Israeli military launched an operation that emptied three Palestinian refugee camps. They've blocked their residents from returning and razed many of their homes.

In a new report, HRW finds that Israeli forces carried out war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.

This win for Human & Civil Rights Global Awareness Campaign was possible because of the tens of thousands of EU citizens who amplified our call to treat people seeking safety with dignity, and demanded action to save lives at sea. We delivered these calls to EU leadership earlier this year in April.