Sudan & DarfurSudan and Darfur: placing civilian protection at the centre
A rights-based frame for understanding protection, displacement, humanitarian access and accountability in Sudan and Darfur.
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Sudan & Darfur
YemenYemen: the rights questions that outlast the headlines
Why civilian protection, detention, hunger and access to essential services must be understood together.
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Eastern DRCEastern DRC: displacement is a protection crisis
Understanding displacement as a continuing question of safety, agency and rights—not only movement.
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GlobalThe right to nationality: seeing the systems that make people invisible
A cross-regional introduction to legal identity, equal protection and the human cost of statelessness.
Read analysisYemenYemen: Detainee Release Brings Relief, but the Wider Crisis Continues
The release of 159 detainees in Sana’a brought relief to families, while wider concerns about arbitrary detention and disappearance remain unresolved.
Read analysisSudan & DarfurDarfur: Civilian Harm, Detention and the Need for Accountability
United Nations reporting documents continuing threats to civilians in Darfur and the urgent need for protection, access and credible accountability.
Read analysisSouth SudanSouth Sudan: Rising Civilian Harm and a Fragile Peace Framework
UN reporting warns that renewed hostilities, impunity and pressure on the peace framework are placing civilians in South Sudan at greater risk.
Read analysisEastern DRCEastern DRC: Civilian Protection Risks Persist Amid Ceasefire Monitoring
Diplomatic and monitoring steps have begun, but UN reporting shows that violence, displacement and protection risks remain acute in eastern DRC.
Read analysisSahel communitiesCentral Sahel: UN Findings Point to Pressure on Civic Space
Recent UN findings raise concerns about restrictions affecting journalists, defenders, political organizations and trade unions in parts of the central Sahel.
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EritreaEritrea: UN Rights Monitoring Renewed as Serious Concerns Persist
The UN Human Rights Council renewed independent monitoring of Eritrea amid continuing concerns about detention, disappearance and indefinite national service.
Read analysisRohingya communitiesRohingya Statelessness Remains a Barrier to Safe and Lasting Return
Citizenship, legal identity and Rohingya participation remain central to any safe, voluntary, dignified and sustainable solution.
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LaosUnresolved Disappearances Deepen Concern for Civic Space in Laos
Unresolved cases and incomplete investigations continue to test commitments to truth, accountability and protection of peaceful civic voices in Laos.
Read analysisSri LankaFamilies of Sri Lanka’s Disappeared Still Await Truth and Accountability
Families continue to seek independent investigations, case information, protection and meaningful truth, justice and reparation.
Read analysisGlobalGulf Labour Reform and the Protection Gaps Migrant Workers Still Face
Institutional reforms can improve migrant-worker protection, while gaps in coverage, enforcement, social protection and heat safety remain.
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