How PHR is Documenting and Demanding Justice for Attacks on Health Care

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Asylum and Persecution

Asylum and Persecution

Tens of thousands of people seek safety through the complex and restrictive…

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Weapons | Misuse of Crowd-Control Weapons and Excessive Force

Misuse of Crowd-Control Weapons and Excessive Force

Law enforcement throughout the world is increasingly responding to popular protests with…

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Attacks on Health Care

Attacks on Health Care

Targeted and indiscriminate attacks on hospitals, with devastating impact on civilians, are…

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Trump Administration Sanctions on International Criminal Court (ICC) Harm Atrocity Survivors in DRC, Gaza, Myanmar, Ukraine: PHR Amicus Brief

September 25, 2026
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International and Regional Actors Must Deescalate Mounting Conflict in Ethiopia: PHR

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By bringing medical evidence into the courtroom, PHR challenges policies that harm patients, undermine science, and violate fundamental human rights.

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Q&A: Attacks on Hospitals and Health Workers in Ethiopia

Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) and the Organization for Justice and Accountability in the Horn of Africa (OJAH) have conducted extensive research on attacks…
Brief

Stolen, Broken, Destroyed: How Impunity Has Fueled Ongoing Attacks on Health Care in Ethiopia

Attacks on health care have become a major feature of armed conflict in Ethiopia. Attacks and threats to health care infrastructure, supply chains, and…
Tools and Guides

Methodological Guide: Documenting Civilian Harm from Attacks on Energy Infrastructure 

The aim of this publication is to provide practical guidance and tools for documenting civilian harm from attacks on energy infrastructure. The focus is…

Human Rights and Pathways to Accountability in Syria: A Q&A with PHR’s Maram Haddad

The Assad family ruled Syria for 53 years, overseeing decades of repression, a crackdown on pro-democracy protests in 2011, and 14 years of brutal…
Report

Dying in Detention

The mortality rate of deaths in ICE custody is at its highest level in over a decade and has more than doubled since Trump’s…

Tools of Repression

Drawing on four decades of research on the health and human rights harms of CCWs, a team of PHR experts have documented injuries from…
Report

Wasted Investments, Looming Crisis: The Impact of U.S. Global Health Funding Cuts on HIV in South Africa

South Africa is unique among the many countries impacted by the Trump administration’s actions, having experienced triple blows of cuts to HIV funding, research,…
Blog

ISIS Was Defeated, but Iraq Still Faces Its Shadow 

Despite the ongoing conflicts and crises in the Middle East, the international community should not shift its attention away from confronting ISIS crimes.
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PHR’s Advocacy at the 61st Session of the UN Human Rights Council

PHR leadership and staff recently presented key findings and evidence at the 61st Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva.…
Report

Destroying Hope for the Future: Reproductive Violence in Gaza

Executive Summary After Hamas’ brutal October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, subsequent Israeli military operations in Gaza have caused devastation and displacement. Beginning early…
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In Parents’ Own Words: Documenting the Stories of Separated Parents in Honduras

Since assuming office in January, the second Trump administration has actively pursued a variety of detention and deportation practices that tear parents from their…
Brief

Cascading Harms: How Abortion Bans Lead to Discriminatory Care Across Medical Specialties

Our research highlights how abortion bans and restrictions create cascading effects that extend far beyond reproductive health care, compromising the quality and effectiveness of…

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