The administration’s detention and removal of immigrants without free speech, due process, and judicial authority is a crisis for immigrants and a sign that our democracy is in peril. The first 100 ...

In 2008, Ecuador made history by enshrining the rights of nature in its constitution, recognizing ecosystems as living entities with legal rights. Now, that is under threat. Ecuadorian President ...

Each September, we celebrate Constitution Day, honoring the document that defines our government and secures our rights. But constitutions don’t defend themselves. They work only when citizens ...

Human Rights First (HRF) is galvanizing cross-cutting action in response to the wide range of human and civil rights ...

The Constitution, properly interpreted, protects workers. But the Trump administration isn’t going to enforce those protections unless labor fights for them. Over the past half century, the Supreme ...

On April 12, Gabon will go to the polls to select its next president. The election will mark the first time in more than five decades that the ballot does not include a candidate named Bongo, marking ...

Although U.S. President Donald Trump has said little or nothing in public about defending human rights and freedoms abroad, both of his administrations have taken steps to reform the way that the ...

Democracy is in danger. Voter suppression efforts are once again on the rise, most recently embodied in the reintroduction of the "SAVE Act." Initially passed by the House in 2024 and revived again in ...

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The Gambia’s post-dictatorship democratic transition recently suffered a setback. The Constitution of the Republic of The Gambia (Promulgation) Bill, 2024 failed to pass its second reading in the ...