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Report on The Tenth Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the...
HRN has observed and summarized a report on the Tenth Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) which was held between 1-26 August 2022 at the...
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Report on the 10TH NPT Review Conference’s Side Events
Ambassador Maritza Chan, Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the UN, speaking at a Side Event organized by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) What is the Tenth NPT...
View ArticleHRN Gives Oral Statement on Myanmar at Human Rights Council
On September 22, HRN gave an oral statement on Myanmar at the 51st Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. In the statement we call on states to support a binding arms embargo against Myanmar’s...
View ArticleHRN Gives Oral Statement on Cambodia at Human Rights Council
On October 5, HRN gave an oral statement at the 51st Human Rights Council session in Geneva on Cambodia, calling for the Council to pass measures for the protection of meaningful political opposition...
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[Event Report] HRN attends First Committee and Third Committee Meetings and...
Summarized Report on First Committee and Third Committee Meetings and Side Events at the UN Headquarters The General Assembly electing members to the Human Rights Council From September to December in...
View ArticleHRN releases statement condemning the Myanmar junta’s sentencing of seven...
Human Rights Now Condemns the Myanmar Junta’s Sentencing of Seven University Students to the Death Penalty Human Rights Now (HRN) is outraged by and condemns the sentencing of seven university students...
View ArticleHRN releases statement condemning the Taliban’s decision to ban women in...
HRN has released the following statement condemning the Taliban’s decision to ban women in Afghanistan from working for NGOs. The statement is also available in PDF format. Human Rights Now Condemns...
View ArticleHRN Submits Statement to the Human Rights Council on the Continuing Human...
Human Rights Now has submitted a statement to the 52nd Human Rights Council session in Geneva expressing our upmost concern with the massive human rights violations being perpetrated by the Myanmar...
View ArticleHRN Submits Statement to the Human Rights Council Criticizing the Erosion of...
Human Rights Now has submitted a statement to the 52nd Human Rights Council session in Geneva strongly criticizing the erosion of judicial independence in Hong Kong since the National Security Law...
View Article【Report】 Japan’s Draft Revision to the Sex Crimes Penal Code Proposed by the...
Introduction On January 17, 2023, Japan’s Legislative Council further modified its draft plan to revise the existing sex crimes penal code. Most notably, the January 2023 draft revision changed the...
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【CSW 67 Parallel Event】Ending Nonconsensual Filming & Distribution of Porn...
Human Rights Now will hold an online event titled “Ending non-consensual filming & distribution of pornographic videos : challenges, best practices, and lessons in various countries.” This panel...
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【Event Report】Webinar “Ending Non-Consensual Filming & Distribution of Porn...
To watch the recording of this event, click here Introduction: On March 8, 2023, Human Rights Now (HRN) hosted a Zoom webinar as part of the NGO CSW Forum held between March 5-17, 2023, in parallel to...
View ArticleHRN gives oral statement at the Human Rights Council in Geneva protesting the...
HRN has given an oral statement at the Human Rights Council in Geneva this week protesting the continuing abuses of Myanmar’s junta and military two years after the coup. You can see a video of the...
View ArticleHRN gives oral statement criticizing the erosion of judicial independence in...
HRN has given an oral statement this week to the Human Rights Council in Geneva criticizing the erosion of judicial independence in Hong Kong. You can see a video of the oral statement below and a...
View ArticleHRN calls for legislation regulating discrimination against sexual minorities...
On March 31, 2023, Human Rights Now released a statement calling for legislation regulating discrimination against sexual minorities and for the legalization of same-sex marriage. Human Rights Now...
View ArticleHRN Endorses Request for Gender Policy in the Field of Development...
Human Rights Now, an international human rights NGO, endorsed Plan International Japan’s Request for Gender Policy in the Field of Development Cooperation for the G7 Summit. Since its adoption by...
View ArticleHRN releases statement protesting the decision of the UK government to supply...
HRN is releasing a statement protesting the decision of the UK government to supply harmful depleted uranium munitions to the government of Ukraine due to the harmful and long-term effects of DU on the...
View ArticleHRN releases statement welcoming the issuing of arrest warrants by the ICC...
HRN is releasing a statement welcoming the issuing of arrest warrants by the ICC against Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova for their role in the unlawful deportation and transfer of children from...
View ArticleJapanese Translation of Joint letter Issued by the UN Special Rapporteurs...
The Japanese translation of the joint letter dated April 18, 2023, issued by the Special Rapporteurs of the United Nations Human Rights Council to the Government of Japan, has been released. The letter...
View ArticleHRN Submits Statement to Human Rights Council Criticizing Japan’s Proposed...
HRN has submitted a written statement to the Human Rights Council’s 53rd session criticizing the proposed amendments to Japan’s Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition act as inconsistent with core...
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