A running feed of rights developments: judgments handed down, bills introduced, treaty bodies reporting, enforcement agencies acting. Items are short and dated, with a line of context explaining what changed. Suited to advocates, legal teams and journalists who need to see movement in the field quickly.
Alabama, Oregon, Tennessee, and Vermont ended involuntary-servitude clauses in November 2024, and the hard question now is what prison labor looks like without them.
Devon Clarke · February 22, 2026
The Supreme Court's integration mandate moved hundreds of thousands of people with disabilities into communities, and the waiting lists are what enforcement is measured against now.
Devon Clarke · January 31, 2026
Advocacy trackers and police counts recorded sharp rises after October 2023, and universities, schools, and cities are now litigating what counts as a response.
Monica Cummings · January 8, 2026