Topic: Global Advocacy

Aug 21, 2025

HIAS South Africa calls upon the government to take action against vigilante groups targeting migrants outside public hospitals.

Jul 18, 2025

HIAS strongly condemns the passage of the administration’s rescissions package through both houses of Congress, which eliminates $8 billion in previously approved foreign assistance funding.

Feb 14, 2025

HIAS is encouraged by the decision of a federal district court in Washington, D.C., to issue a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) provisionally halting the Trump administration’s freeze on foreign aid

Feb 12, 2025

HIAS is proud to join several other global humanitarian and development organizations and companies in a lawsuit seeking to stop the freeze on U.S. foreign assistance programs.  

Jan 25, 2025

HIAS joins our partners in the humanitarian and development community in our outrage and devastation at the U.S. government’s decision to abruptly suspend life-saving assistance to vulnerable people around the world.  

Sep 17, 2024

Hate crimes against LGBTQ+ people in Ukraine are rising in the context of the war. A new law that would punish these crimes seeks to change this.

Mar 8, 2024

Seven women on the front lines of the Ukraine response will join HIAS and the Women’s Refugee Commission (WRC) in New York and Washington to bring their first-hand accounts to United Nations officials and other stakeholders about the war’s ongoing disproportionate impact on women and girls.  

Mar 4, 2024

With temporary protection set to expire on 4 March 2025, EU leadership is urgently needed to ensure millions of people displaced from Ukraine have continued access to rights and inclusion in Europe.

Feb 6, 2024

The European Commission should take immediate action to address the deterioration of media freedom and the rule of law in Greece and its impact on fundamental rights, 17 human rights and press freedom organizations said in a letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

Jan 12, 2024

HIAS is deeply concerned by the recent developments in Ecuador and is closely monitoring the evolving security situation.