Migrant Workers in the Gulf: Coverage Review
Documented reporting on migrant and domestic workers across the Gulf states, including deaths, wage theft and heat exposure.
Reports Archive
In-depth research, country reviews and thematic reports produced or curated by the observatory.
Death Penalty and Executions: Coverage Review
Sourced reporting on executions, death sentences and related judicial processes across the region.
Digital Rights and Surveillance: Coverage Review
Reporting on online expression, cybercrime laws, surveillance and platform accountability.
Women’s Rights in the MENA Region: Coverage Review
Sourced reporting on gender-based violence, legal reform and the rights of women and girls.
Detention and Enforced Disappearance: Coverage Review
Reporting on arbitrary detention, incommunicado holding and enforced disappearance.
Annual Review 2026: Human Rights in the MENA Region
Our annual review draws together country-level findings across the region, tracking developments in civic space, detention practices, gender equality, minority protection and environmental rights. It sets out where...
Gender Equality in West Asia: Progress and Gaps
A cross-country analysis of legal reform, labour-market participation and protection from violence, measuring the distance between formal commitments and lived reality for women and LGBTIQ+ people.
Refugee Protection Frameworks under Strain
How displacement across the region is testing asylum systems, and where international protection obligations are being met or eroded.
Environmental Rights and Water Scarcity
Water scarcity, pollution and land degradation examined through a human-rights lens, with attention to rural livelihoods and marginalised communities.