Human rights violations

Iranian security agents allegedly raped, tortured nurses detained for treating protesters - report

The women were among medical staff at Tehran’s Rajaei Cardiovascular, Medical and Research Center who treated injured demonstrators during nationwide protests in late December and early January.

 A security guard stands on a street, during early hours of ceasefire, in Tehran, Iran, June 24, 2025.
 A Human Rights Watch flag is pictured on the Mont-Blanc bridge in Geneva, Switzerland, November 7, 2024.

Human Rights researchers resign over ‘pulled’ report accusing Israel of 'crimes against humanity'

Illustrative People step on an Iranian flag at a march in support of nationwide protests in Iran, Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 18, 2026.

Child among protesters sexually assaulted in Iran, rights group says

PEOPLE ATTEND a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's "morality police", in Tehran, Iran September 21, 2022.

Iran had highest number of executions in over a decade, human rights report says


The Lost Intellectual Maturity of Human Rights

The Jerusalem Post

Analysis: Iran nuclear agreement won’t improve human rights

Rather than improving the human rights situation, more “hangings, arrests, and repression,” can instead be expected.

Iranian drug addicts in Tehran

The urgent case for humanitarian intervention in Syria

The Jerusalem Post

Rights group: Israel abuses arrested Palestinian minors; IDF: Denies claim

Human Rights Watch interviewed five Palestinian minors whom the authorities arrested or detained in separate incidents for allegedly throwing rocks.

Palestinian children take part in a rally in front of the Red Cross headquarters in Gaza City marking Palestinian Prisoners Day.

In light of the Iran deal, giving up on Europe would be a very bad move for Israel

The Jerusalem Post

Schabas: There is a distortion in the attention given against Israel in the UNHRC

Former UNHRC committee chair William Schabas admits that Israel has disproportionately received more human rights condemnations than all other nations combined.

William Schabas

Analysis: Looking at the cup half-full in UN human rights council vote

Israel was faced with a choice: either a watered-down resolution without any real operative significance that the EU countries would support, or a much tougher resolution.

Overview of a Human Rights Council special session at the United Nations in Geneva

The United Nations and its powers

Any attempt to impose the creation of a Palestinian state might well constitute an ultra vires act in violation of the UN Charter and international law.

Overview of a Human Rights Council special session at the United Nations in Geneva

Africa must leave the ICC

The ICC claims to be “economical” and to bring “swift justice,” yet it has consumed more than a billion euros in its 13-year existence and has only secured two questionable convictions.

The entrance of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is seen in The Hague

Israel accuses UN children's rights envoy of 'improper conduct'

Israel UN Ambassador says report biased against Israel, denies Israel violations of international law.

Ron Prosor addresses the United Nations General Assembly in January during a meeting about the rise of anti-Semitism