Press releases

29 May 2020 Special BeyondCovid19 webcast livestream: Don't Miss Artists for Amazonia! Read More

22 May 2020 "Beyond Covid-19: a nine-year lockdown for Bahrain" Read More

19 May 2020 Rwanda's genocide: NPWJ welcomes arrest of Félicien Kabuga as an important step in the fight against impunity Read More

15 May 2020 "Beyond Covid-19: Human Rights and Arbitrary Detention in Egypt" Read More

13 May 2020 Afghanistan: NPWJ strongly condemns the horrific attacks and pay tribute to the victims Read More

12 May 2020 Yemen: Over 150 NGOs appeal for death sentences of four journalists to be overturned Read More

08 May 2020 "Beyond Covid-19: The struggle for justice for Jamal Khashoggi" Read More

01 May 2020 "Beyond Covid-19: no respite for Syria?" Read More

01 May 2020 Sudan: NPWJ welcomes the adoption by the transitional government of a legislation banning FGM Read More

24 Apr 2020 "Beyond Covid-19: Life under siege in Amazonia" Read More

17 Apr 2020 "Beyond Covid-19: Lockdown on women's rights?" Read More

10 Apr 2020 "Beyond Covid-19. For Rohingya genocide victims, an emergency within the emergency" Read More

09 Apr 2020 Group of Tunisian and international NGOs address letter to Tunisian authorities requesting specific measures to protect marginalised people during the COVID-19 crisis Read More

08 Apr 2020 Ending Impunity: Now Is the Time for a UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights Situation in Saudi Arabia Read More

03 Apr 2020 "Beyond Covid-19. The war in Libya is not on lockdown" Read More

31 Mar 2020 Coordinator of the Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin (COICA) - Statement summary Read More

30 Mar 2020 Tunisia: Human rights associations and organizations call for withdrawing new draft law that would endanger and limit freedom of expression and press Read More

27 Mar 2020 "Beyond Covid-19. Human Rights & the Yemen War 5 years On" Read More

25 Mar 2020 Statement by Hatice Cengiz, on the announcement by the Turkish prosecutor on the indictments for the killing of her fiancé Jamal Khashoggi Read More

16 Mar 2020 JOINT STATEMENT: International organisations submit that the ICC has jurisdiction to investigate war crimes in Palestine Read More

10 Mar 2020 NPWJ and FIFDH convene panel discussion on "Human Rights Crisis in Saudi Arabia" Read More

10 Mar 2020 Hatice Cengiz and others call for United Nations Special Rapporteur on Saudi Arabia, citing need for human rights scrutiny and justice Read More

08 Mar 2020 International Women’s Day: NPWJ calls for enhanced commitment to protect women’s rights Read More

07 Mar 2020 Solomon Berewa: Sierra Leone's Lawyer Read More

24 Feb 2020 UAE: Freedom of expression must be upheld at all times, not only tolerated during Hay Festival Abu Dhabi Read More

13 Feb 2020 Justice for the Rohingya: What has happened and what comes next? Read More

11 Feb 2020 Hope for victims: Sudanese agreement for fugitives to appear before ICC Read More

04 Feb 2020 Stakeholders Consultations on Recommendations to contribute to an increased efficacy of the legal and policy framework to prevent and combat FGM in Belgium, France and Italy Read More

23 Jan 2020 The ICJ Genocide case. Rohingya perspectives Read More

20 Jan 2020 Joint NGO Letter to the Core Group and Co-Sponsoring States of the ‘Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) Initiative’ Read More