August 2026

Thank you Father Javier

Javier Giraldo Moreno, S.J., passed away on 25 August in Bogotá at the age of 82. A key figure in Colombia’s dramatic human rights history of the last 50 years, he was an indispensable point of reference on the international stage for all liberation movements. Since the 1970s, he was involved in the work of…

15 August 2026: Five years of Taliban oppression, repression and pervasive impunity for crimes against women and girls

The takeover of Afghanistan on the 15 August 2021 by the Taliban has resulted in an institutionalised system of oppression and repression which particularly and disproportionately affects and impacts the public and private lives of women and girls. Through numerous edicts and decrees, the Taliban have deprived them of core fundamental human rights. The enforcement…