The US Congress should adopt legislation to enhance targeted sanctions against Burmese military commanders who are implicated in serious human rights abuses, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to congressional leaders with 45 other nongovernmental and faith-based organizations.
The Global Fragility & Violence Reduction Act of 2018
Global levels of violence are at a 25-year peak, undercutting global stability, reversing development gains and driving record levels of forced displacement.
Join the Sudan Day of Action on April 24th
Join the Day of Action Campaign and tell your representative it’s the wrong time to accelerate U.S.-Sudan normalization
Civil Society Welcomes Bipartisan Legislation to Tackle Global Violence
This timely legislation would require the U.S. government – in collaboration with global civil society – to develop a 10-year strategy to bring down current levels of global violence and better address the root causes of violence, violent conflict, and fragility that drive recurrent global crises.
South Sudan’s Ceasefire
A permanent ceasefire is a much needed first step towards ending the five-year conflict which began as a duel for power between Kiir and Machar.
Joint Appeal to the UN Security Council to Act on Myanmar’s Rohingya Crisis
In advance of the United Nations Security Council’s December 12 meeting on the situation in Myanmar, we, a global coalition of
Myanmar Military Denies Ethnic Cleansing of Rohingya
The Myanmar military is denying all accounts of widespread violence towards the Rohingya population in Rakhine state. While the military has
Tell Bulgari: Stop Selling Burmese Genocide Gems!
Call on Cartier to end the purchase of any gems from Burma (Myanmar) that profit the Burmese army!
#DemandTheSupply of products made with conflict-free minerals from Congo
Conflict minerals have fueled and continue to help sustain the world’s deadliest conflict since World War II, in the Democratic Republic
The Syrian Refugee Deportations in Jordan, and Why They Matter
Jordan, despite severely limited water and agricultural resources, has hosted, since 2011, almost 655,000 Syrian refugees, making it the second largest