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Global Magnitsky and Targeted Sanctions

U.S. GLOBAL MAGNITSKY AND RELATED SANCTIONS End of Year Update 2024

This briefing provides an overview of recent developments in the U.S. government’s use of its targeted human rights and anticorruption sanctions programs from July 1, 2024, to December 31, 2024. Download…

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Accountability & Targeted Sanctions

Human Rights First Welcomes Arrest of Former Philippines President on International Warrant

Human Rights First welcomes the reported arrest of former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on an International Criminal Court arrest warrant as a major step toward justice for the victims and…

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U.S. Immigration Detention

Human Rights First Decries Government Targeting Mahmoud Khalil and Demands His Immediate Release

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Refugee Protection

Trump Administration Resumption of Policy to Jail Children with Parents Will Lead to Human Rights Abuses

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Locals in Ukraine React to Trump Suspension of Military Aid

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Seeking Asylum

Human Rights First Blasts White House Effort to Intimidate Lawyers

Washington, D.C.–In response to the White House memo, “Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Courts,” Human Rights First President and CEO Sue Hendrickson issued the following statement.…

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Misogyny & Anti-LGBTQ+ Extremism

Human Rights First Condemns Executive Order Eliminating the Department of Education

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Restricting the Ballot: How the SAVE Act Could Undermine Voting Rights

This guest post does not necessarily reflect the views or expertise of Human Rights First. It is part of a partnership between UCLA Law and Human Rights First, where UCLA…

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Accountability & Targeted Sanctions

Questions and Answers: U.S. Sanctions on the International Criminal Court

This resource – which should not be considered legal advice – is meant to answer key questions about the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the U.S. sanctions targeting it. On…

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Accountability & Targeted Sanctions

Human Rights First Urges End to Gaza Hostilities

Washington, D.C. – In response to news of the end of the temporary cease-fire in Gaza, Human Rights First President and CEO Sue Hendrickson issued the following statement. “We urge…

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Misogyny & Anti-LGBTQ+ Extremism

Public Education’s ‘Final Mission’ and the Dismantling of a Democratic Institution

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Refugee Protection

Invocation of Wartime Era Authority Sets Country on Perilous Path

Human Rights First unequivocally condemns the Trump administration’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 as a tool for immigration detention, removal and evasion of asylum law, and calls…

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Global Magnitsky and Targeted Sanctions

U.S. GLOBAL MAGNITSKY AND RELATED SANCTIONS End of Year Update 2024

This briefing provides an overview of recent developments in the U.S. government’s use of its targeted human rights and anticorruption sanctions programs from July 1, 2024, to December 31, 2024. Download…

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Accountability & Targeted Sanctions

Human Rights First Welcomes Arrest of Former Philippines President on International Warrant

Human Rights First welcomes the reported arrest of former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on an International Criminal Court arrest warrant as a major step toward justice for the victims and…

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U.S. Immigration Detention

Human Rights First Decries Government Targeting Mahmoud Khalil and Demands His Immediate Release

library

Refugee Protection

Trump Administration Resumption of Policy to Jail Children with Parents Will Lead to Human Rights Abuses

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Locals in Ukraine React to Trump Suspension of Military Aid

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Seeking Asylum

Human Rights First Blasts White House Effort to Intimidate Lawyers

Washington, D.C.–In response to the White House memo, “Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Courts,” Human Rights First President and CEO Sue Hendrickson issued the following statement.…

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Misogyny & Anti-LGBTQ+ Extremism

Human Rights First Condemns Executive Order Eliminating the Department of Education

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Restricting the Ballot: How the SAVE Act Could Undermine Voting Rights

This guest post does not necessarily reflect the views or expertise of Human Rights First. It is part of a partnership between UCLA Law and Human Rights First, where UCLA…

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Accountability & Targeted Sanctions

Questions and Answers: U.S. Sanctions on the International Criminal Court

This resource – which should not be considered legal advice – is meant to answer key questions about the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the U.S. sanctions targeting it. On…

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Accountability & Targeted Sanctions

Human Rights First Urges End to Gaza Hostilities

Washington, D.C. – In response to news of the end of the temporary cease-fire in Gaza, Human Rights First President and CEO Sue Hendrickson issued the following statement. “We urge…

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