This shadow report examines Pakistan’s compliance with ICERD, highlighting discrimination against Sindhis, Hindus, Christians, Dalits and Ahmadis through forced conversion, caste exclusion, blasphemy laws, mob violence and unequal justice.
This shadow report examines Pakistan’s compliance with ICERD, highlighting discrimination against Sindhis, Hindus, Christians, Dalits, and Ahmadis through forced conversion, caste exclusion, blasphemy laws, mob violence, and unequal justice.
This report examines Pakistan’s education policies and textbooks, highlighting concerns around minority exclusion, religious identity, compulsory religious content, academic freedom, and the need for inclusive education reform.
This report examines the protection gaps affecting children in Europe’s asylum system, including disappearances, inadequate reception conditions, trafficking, exploitation, mental health risks, and inconsistent safeguards across European states.
This report examines digital repression in Senegal, focusing on internet shutdowns, social media restrictions, media crackdowns, online speech prosecutions, and the shrinking of civic space during the 2021–2024 political crisis.
Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) have an important role in providing evidence to courts. However challenges remain in meeting the evidence admissibility criteria. Therefore, this report addresses the required legal standards of NGO evidence at the International Criminal Court (ICC), with thorough case examples of the NGOs’ role in providing evidence. Moreover, recommendations are provided to allow for a smoother cooperation and adequate evidence submission by NGOs to the ICC.
This report examines how digital surveillance, internet shutdowns, cyber laws, and disinformation are shrinking civic space and restricting human rights across the Middle East and Africa.
This report examines the Talibé system in Senegal, highlighting forced begging, abuse, child labour, poor daara conditions, weak regulation, and the urgent need for child-centred reform.
The Kafala system ties migrant workers’ legal status to their employers, creating conditions of dependency, exploitation, and abuse. This report examines its impact on Sierra Leonean migrant workers and calls for urgent legal reform, stronger state protection, and international accountability.
