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Joint statement
Urgent Call for Action: States Must Act Now to Protect the International Criminal Court from Unlawful US Attacks
More than 120 organisations from over 60 countries condemn the United States’ decision to impose unlawful sanctions on the International Criminal Court.
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Joint statement
38 Global Civil Society Organizations file joint brief in US lawsuit challenging legality of Trump’s ICC sanctions
38 civil society organisations filed an amicus brief in a US lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s sanctions on the International Criminal Court.
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Analysis
Levels of Disappearance: Between Disappearance and Concealment
Under authoritarian regimes where democracy disappears, citizens become systematically excluded from the public space.
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Joint statement
Families of the disappeared, organizations in MENA sound the alarm over crackdown on families amid continued crimes
On the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearance, families and organisations in MENA sound the alarm over a crackdown on families.
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Statement
Lebanon Abolishes the Death Penalty: HuMENA Calls on Countries Across the Region to Move from Moratorium to Abolition
After more than two decades of a de facto moratorium on executions in Lebanon, this step offers a practical pathway for countries that continue to retain the death penalty in law, while HuMENA calls on states that still carry out executions to establish an immediate moratorium as a first step towards abolition. HuMENA for Human […]
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Guide
Public Sphere Safety Pocket Handbook
When a digital attack begins, time is rarely on the side of the person facing it. The first hours move quickly, and decisions made in them can be hard to undo later, from deleting content that could serve as evidence to responding publicly in a moment of anger. Because most safety guidance is written to […]
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Joint statement
Criminalizing Truth: Gulf Governments Must End the Crackdown on Information
Since the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran on February 28, 2026, triggering a wave of Iranian missile and drone attacks across the region, Gulf governments have moved swiftly to seal, even further, the information environment, controlling what their populations can see, say, and share about the attacks unfolding in their cities. […]
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News item
HuMENA at HRC61: Advocacy on Digital Rights and Civic Space in MENA
During the 61st session of the UN Human Rights Council, HuMENA for Human Rights and Civic Engagement joined a civil society advocacy mission in Geneva alongside the Innovation for Change MENA Hub (I4C MENA Hub), 7amleh – The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media, Smart Gov, and Wasl for Human Rights Tunisia, under […]
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Press release
On Human Rights Day 2025: Civic Space in the Middle East and North Africa under Systematic and Sustained Pressure
Beirut – 10 December 2025 On Human Rights Day 2025, the region faces a reality in which freedom of expression, peaceful protest, community organising, and work in digital spaces are subjected to escalating security and legal pressure in most Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries. Since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human […]
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News item
Call for Trainer | Geneva Advocacy for WHRDs & LGBTQI+ Defenders
1. Background HuMENA for Human Rights and Civic Engagement is a regional, non-profit organisation working to defend and expand civic space, support human rights defenders, and promote fundamental freedoms across the MENA region and in exile. HuMENA focuses in particular on the rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association, and on the protection […]
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News item
Call for Tenders | Lead Developer / Civic-Tech Team: Civic Space Watchdog (AI-Assisted MVP)
Location: Remote, with preference for overlap with Europe / MENA time zones Contract type: Consultancy / Service contract Deadline for submissions: 10 January 2026 Background HuMENA for Human Rights and Civic Engagement is a regional, non-profit organisation working to defend and expand civic space, support human rights defenders, and advance fundamental freedoms across the […]
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Joint statement
From Pledges to Implementation at COP30 (Belém, Brazil): Environmental and Climate Accountability, Equitable Loss and Damage Financing, and a Just Transition that Upholds Rights, Nature, and Biodiversity
Coinciding with the opening of the climate conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil, the undersigned organizations affirm the need to move from general recommendations to measurable, accountable executive decisions. The continued international slowdown in addressing climate change will lead to a systemic human collapse and will devastate local communities, especially the most vulnerable groups. Accordingly, the undersigned […]
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