Reports
- Middle East & Africa Team
- 30 July 2026
- Africa, Child Marriages, Marry-Your-Rapist Laws, Sexual Violence
This report examines forced child marriages resulting from rape in Africa, highlighting “marry-your-rapist” laws and customs, gaps in legal frameworks, and the impunity and human rights harms that follow for girls.
- GHRD Team
- 29 July 2026
- CERD, ICERD, Pakistan
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.
- GHRD Team
- 29 July 2026
- CERD, ICERD, Pakistan
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.
- GHRD Team
- 29 July 2026
- Education Policy, Pakistan, School Textbooks
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.
- Middle East & Africa Team
- 30 June 2026
- Civic Space, Gag Orders, Jordan, Securitisation
This report examines the erosion of civic space in Jordan, where securitisation and national stability narratives, vague laws, gag orders and digital controls are used to restrict freedom of expression, association and information.
- GHRD Team
- 20 June 2026
- Asylum-Seeking Children, Children's Rights, Refugee Children
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.
- Middle East & Africa Team
- 30 May 2026
- Civic Space, Digital Repression, Internet Shutdowns, Senegal
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.
- Asia Team
- 20 May 2026
- International Criminal Court, NGO Evidence, Rome Statute
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.
- Middle East & Africa Team
- 30 April 2026
- Civic Space, Digital Repression, Middle East and Africa
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.
- Middle East & Africa Team
- 30 March 2026
- Child Rights, Forced Begging, Senegal, Talibé System
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.