Human Rights

A bill proposed in Ecuador by the Ombudsman provides for the regulation of medically assisted reproduction, in which surrogacy is permitted. Bernard Garcia, a Franco-Chilean doctor of law and executive director of the Casablanca Declaration, was invited by the NGO…

by Smriti Shrestha Nepal became a federal democratic republic on May 08, 2008, but Nepal is still not a corruption-free country. On September 8, 2025, Nepal’s youth, the Gen-Z, raised their voices against corruption. Many, who are students, showed up…

Chile carries a wound that has never healed. The disappearance of people under State custody does not belong solely to the dictatorial past: it persists as a covert practice in democracy, tolerated by legal loopholes and by the continuity of…

(Français ci-dessous) Paris  The Casablanca Declaration welcomes the report presented on 14 July 2025 by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, Ms. Reem Alsalem, which marks a historic breakthrough in the fight against surrogacy (see the…

On 15 August 2025, Koreans celebrated one of the country’s most important national holidays, the 80th anniversary of National Liberation Day from Japan’s colonial rule from 1910 to 1945, with elaborate public events across the Korean peninsula. Liberation Day is…

Philippine capital faces over 23,000 displaced residents as government pushes waste-to-energy project despite human rights concerns Manila City, Philippines – 18 August 2025 – Manila Mayor Isko Moreno is under fire for carrying out illegal and coercive evictions in Brgy. 128, Smokey Mountain,…

Communities and advocates rally against policies that would lock Asia into polluting energy projects and deepen climate inequities   Mandaluyong City, Philippines – 14 August 2025 – Today, environmental advocates and community members gathered outside the Asian Development Bank (ADB) headquarters…

On 10 August 2025, we gathered in Gimpo City to mark the 2nd International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples in South Korea… organized and hosted by the Jumma Peoples Network-Korea, a cultural organization of the Bangladesh Jumma Indigenous peoples…

San Felipe, Zambales – With beaches vanishing, resorts collapsing, and livelihoods lost, coastal communities in Zambales are issuing an urgent appeal to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.: immediately suspend all dredging and sand mining activities across the province. The call comes after a devastating…

PMPI expresses deep concern over President Ferdinand “Bobong” Marcos, Jr.’s fourth State of the Nation Address, which glaringly lacked any commitment to safeguarding biodiversity, upholding ecological integrity, or addressing the worsening climate crisis. The omission of urgent measures to halt…