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Sudan and Darfur: placing civilian protection at the centre
A rights-based frame for understanding protection, displacement, humanitarian access and accountability in Sudan and Darfur. Sudan & Darfur Civilian protection
→News & analysisYemen: the rights questions that outlast the headlines
Why civilian protection, detention, hunger and access to essential services must be understood together. Yemen Conflict & detention
→News & analysisEastern DRC: displacement is a protection crisis
Understanding displacement as a continuing question of safety, agency and rights—not only movement. Eastern DRC Forced displacement
→News & analysisThe 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. Global Statelessness
→News & analysisYemen: 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. Yemen Conflict & detention
→News & analysisDarfur: 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. Sudan & Darfur Civilian protection
→News & analysisSouth 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. South Sudan Civilian protection
→News & analysisEastern 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. Eastern DRC Civilian protection
→News & analysisCentral 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. Sahel communities Civic space
→News & analysisEritrea: 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. Eritrea Civic freedoms
→News & analysisRohingya 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. Rohingya communities Statelessness
→News & analysisUnresolved 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. Laos Civic space
→News & analysisFamilies 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. Sri Lanka Justice & accountability
→News & analysisGulf 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. Global Labour rights
→RegionSudan & Darfur
A sustained editorial focus on civilian safety, humanitarian access, forced displacement and pathways to accountability. Civilian protection · displacement · accountability
→RegionEastern DRC
Attention to the rights of conflict-affected communities and the regional dimensions of displacement. Conflict · displacement · community protection
→RegionSouth Sudan
Tracking the human consequences of political transition, insecurity and barriers to assistance. Peace · civic space · humanitarian access
→RegionSahel communities
Connecting security policy with the lived rights of communities facing instability and environmental stress. Civic space · security · climate pressure
→RegionEritrea
An evidence-led focus on fundamental freedoms, mobility and the protection of people in exile. Civic freedoms · displacement · rule of law
→RegionYemen
Placing civilian experience, detention practices and access to essential services at the centre. Conflict · hunger · detention
→RegionRohingya communities
Exploring legal identity, safety, accountability and the conditions required for voluntary return. Statelessness · protection · return
→RegionLaos
Bringing visibility to less-reported questions of participation, land, development and remedy. Civic space · land · environmental rights
→RegionSri Lanka
Following the relationship between lasting peace, inclusive institutions and credible accountability. Reconciliation · accountability · civic freedoms
→RegionStateless populations
A cross-regional programme on the right to nationality and the consequences of legal exclusion. Nationality · legal identity · equal protection
→Our workCivilian protection
Keeping the rights, safety and agency of civilians at the centre of conflict response.
→Our workDisplacement & statelessness
Advancing protection, legal identity and durable solutions for people forced from home.
→Our workCivic space & defenders
Supporting the conditions in which journalists, advocates and communities can speak safely.
→Our workFreedom from exploitation
Examining trafficking, forced labour and modern slavery through a rights-based lens.
→Our workTechnology & rights
Interrogating how surveillance and automated systems affect freedom, equality and privacy.
→Our workJustice & accountability
Strengthening the norms and institutions that turn international commitments into protection.
→InitiativeSudan & Darfur: Protection and Accountability
Sustained attention to civilian protection, displacement, humanitarian access and routes to accountability.
→InitiativeYemen: Conflict, Hunger and Detention
Connecting detention, deprivation, civilian harm and access to essential services.
→InitiativeEastern DRC: Civilian Protection and Displacement
A research stream on repeated displacement, community protection and regional responsibility.
→InitiativeSahel: Civic Space and Civilian Rights
A dialogue on security, political transition and the space available to communities and defenders.
→InitiativeStatelessness and the Right to Nationality
Cross-regional work on legal identity, citizenship law and equal protection.
→ResearchProtection without borders
A framework for examining how international cooperation can better serve people displaced by conflict.
→ResearchNationality and belonging
A cross-regional research programme on legal identity, exclusion and equal protection.
→ResearchCivic space under pressure
An evidence framework for understanding restrictions affecting defenders, journalists and communities.
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