NEW: The Myanmar military junta subjects women political prisoners to torture, sexual violence, and life-threatening denial of medical care. 🧵⤵️

This decision flies in the face of human rights standards and North Dakota constitutional guarantees that protect access to non-discriminatory healthcare. We stand with trans youth and their families as they face further persecution. northdakotamonitor.com/2026/09/17/n...

North Dakota Supreme Court upholds ban on transgender healthcare for minors • North Dakota Monitor

The North Dakota Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously found the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors constitutional, upholding a lower court’s ruling from last year.

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🎞️ Our senior legal advisor, Jaime Gher, was in Indianapolis last week to talk about the human right to freedom of conscience, religion and belief for those who support the right to abortion. She spoke at a rally hosted by @acluindiana.bsky.social @ncjw.bsky.social and others.

This week, an Indiana court is hearing a religious liberty case brought by a faith-based group that supports abortion rights. ⬇️ Today, we're launching a guide that can help others act on their conscience, religion, or beliefs to defend reproductive care. www.globaljusticecenter.net/leveraging-f...

We stand with #Rohingya today on the 9th anniversary of their genocide. Rohingya continue to endure systematic persecution, discrimination, and dire humanitarian conditions. The international community must not abandon them. Justice and accountability remain urgent.

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📄 STATEMENT: Nine years after the 2017 genocide, the Rohingya are still facing persecution, displacement, and impunity. We call for urgent protection, humanitarian support, and accountability for ongoing crimes against the #Rohingya. 🔗 womenspeacenetwork.org/publications

If you're in New York City the week of September 4-10, don't miss a screening of GIVE IT A SHOT. This urgent documentary follows the global race to develop a new male contraceptive that could revolutionize family planning and improve women’s lives. www.dctvny.org/s/firehouse-...

"The idea that Taliban oppression is a reality that must be accepted to encourage moderation remains dangerous and misguided." UN human rights experts are warning the international community of the consequences if Taliban rule is normalized in #Afghanistan. www.ohchr.org/en/statement...

Afghanistan: After five years of the Taliban rule, UN experts warn against normalization

Five years is a short period in the life of a country but a very long one in the life of a child. A generation of girls has now missed secondary education. Another generation of young women has lost t...

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We stand with Afghan women as they mark 5 years of Taliban rule. Since taking power, the Taliban have tried to effectively erase women from society. It is past time for the world to take concrete action, including by codifying gender apartheid as a crime against humanity.

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This week marks fives year of the Taliban silencing voices in Afghanistan — but we must not stay silent. Brave Afghans spoke with Human Rights Watch about the abuses they’ve faced. Justice should not be further delayed. Governments should support accountability efforts for crimes past and present.

BREAKING: HRW, together with @afsc-org.bsky.social, @ccrjustice.org, and Open Society Institute (part of @open-society.bsky.social) filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump admin’s sanctions against #ICC prosecutors and judges, a UN human rights expert, and three Palestinian human rights groups.

The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court recently decriminalized abortion, overturning a colonial-era law that banned nearly all abortions. This is further evidence of the global trend towards abortion law liberalization. The United States remains an outlier. kiskadeewatch.com/world/caribb...

Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court ends criminalisation of abortion

In a landmark ruling issued orally yesterday, the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court for the Commonwealth of Dominica decriminalised abortion access in cases

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📄STATEMENT: Urgent call for the protection of #Rohingya refugees in South and Southeast Asia 🔗https://womenspeacenetwork.org/publications/statements #Myanmar #Malaysia #Bangladesh

📢 NEW: We're joining civil society partners in Liberia to call on the Liberian Senate to pursue gender justice in legislation to establish a war crimes court. This is a critical opportunity to deliver justice to victims of gender-based crimes. www.globaljusticecenter.net/recommendati...

"By naming reproductive violence, the Human Rights Council has made visible a distinct and devastating form of harm that has too often gone unrecognized." Important @msmagazine.com piece on this month's landmark UN resolution on reproductive violence. msmagazine.com/2026/07/25/u...

A Groundbreaking U.N. Resolution Calls Forced Pregnancy What It Is: Reproductive Violence

It took until July 7, 2026, for the world's leading human rights body to call forcing someone to be pregnant—or forcing them not to be—what it is: reproductive violence. In a landmark resolution adopt...

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NEW: We are proud to join US organizations and individuals standing with the International Criminal Court as it faces a new threat from the Trump admin. Trump's attempt to "dismantle" the Court breaks a promise to victims that no one is above the law. www.globaljusticecenter.net/support-the-...

Support the ICC as a Vital Court of Last Resort for Victims of Grave International Crimes

As US organizations from across civil society—including legal, human rights, faith-based, humanitarian, academic, and democracy organizations—alongside advocates for victims and survivors of atrocity ...

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👏 Countries from around the world recently proposed gender justice improvements to the draft crimes against humanity treaty! These proposals reveal growing momentum for a strong, progressive treaty. See our microsite for updates on the treaty effort: cahtreatynow.org

📣 Yesterday, the UN Human Rights Council became the first UN body to explicitly name reproductive violence as a distinct category of gender-based violence. This is a powerful recognition of a crime that has too often been overlooked by human rights investigators.

🚨 GJC is looking for a new Legal Director! Our legal director will develop legal strategies to use international law to advance gender equality. If you're a seasoned legal advocate with expertise in gender & international law, we want to hear from you. www.globaljusticecenter.net/career/legal...

Our team recently gathered for a retreat, allowing us to briefly step back and consider the big-picture fight for global gender equality. We discussed rising anti-gender movements, GJC's strategic vision, & more. We return more determined than ever to build a gender equal world.

On this International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, we call for international action to address the policies that weaken human rights review and we stand in solidarity with victims of torture and abuse.

In July, the ICC's Assembly of States Parties convenes an unprecedented Special Session — the first time in the Court's history that States will vote on whether to remove a sitting Prosecutor from office. The process has been opaque, and competing narratives have filled the gap.

On this International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, we highlight the ways in which sexual violence upends lives and tears communities apart. Sexual violence against children is one particularly deplorable and underreported form where accountability is scarce

"The [North Dakota] Health Care Ban impermissibly intrudes on multiple rights protected by the North Dakota Constitution:" 🧵

"Only when it is recognized that these structural barriers in international law are inherently intertwined with familial and maternal choices can we empower women to opt in or out of motherhood of their own volition." — GJC Legal Fellow Marianne Vitug in @voelkerrechtsblog.org

International human rights law is not simply a set of abstract high-minded standards. It guides how we protect rights here at home, including to bodily autonomy, gender equality, and freedom of choice.

The US is weakening international human rights mechanisms. We are standing up at the moment when accountability is most needed. Read our coalition's recent submission to the Human Rights Council on the deteriorating state of sexual and reproductive healthcare: bit.ly/USUPRupdate

Diminishing Reproductive and Bodily Autonomy Exacerbated by State-Sanctioned Violence from ICE

As the United States ("US") approaches its rescheduled 4th Universal Periodic Review ("UPR"), individuals’ sexual and reproductive health and rights (“SRHR”) continue to deteriorate across the country...

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The Supreme Court’s decision to maintain access to telehealth mifepristone is a win, but let's be clear about this: the attacks on abortion access are only escalating across the country. Join GJC in fighting for reproductive autonomy for all today.

NEW: GJC submitted comments to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on the new draft general recommendation on gender stereotypes. Gender stereotypes don’t just affect women and girls in our societies. They affect us all. www.globaljusticecenter.net/comment-ceda...

The expanded #GlobalGagRules silence providers, restrict partners, and put ideology over evidence. We call on Congress to support The Protecting Human Rights & Public Health in Foreign Assistance Act to block this deadly policy.

Today, we’re marking what would have been GJC founder Janet Benshoof’s 79th birthday by remembering one of her most enduring achievements: securing FDA approval of emergency contraception in the United States exactly 30 years ago.

As we celebrate #MothersDay, let’s remember that all parents and caregivers deserve access to the full range of sexual and reproductive health care to help them make decisions about their families, well-being, and lives.