Diskriminierung von Menschen mit Behinderungen:

Nearly one in three people with disabilities (28%) reported experiencing discrimination, compared to fewer than one in five without disabilities (17%).

Geschlechtsspezifische Diskriminierung:

Women reported suffering gender-based discrimination at more than double the rate of men.

Ganz besonders trifft es die besonders armen Menschen

Discrimination also hits hardest in the poorest households, perpetuating cycles of poverty and inequality.

Jüngere Menschen werden häufiger wegen Herkunft, Ethnie, Religion und sexueller Orientierung diskriminiert. Ältere wegen Alter, Behinderung, Gesundheitszustand.

»Age influences the types of discrimination people experience. Younger people (aged 15-29) more commonly report discrimination based on migration status, ethnicity, religion, and sexual orientation, while older people (aged 60+) face discrimination primarily based on age, disability, and health status.«

Menschenrechtsaktivisten, Journalisten und Gewerkschafter werden häufiger angegriffen.
Im Schnitt wird mindestens einer von ihnen alle 14h getötet, oder erleidet gewaltsames verschwinden.

»The level of targeting of human rights defenders and journalists remained alarmingly high in 2024. At least one human rights defender, journalist, or trade unionist was killed or disappeared every 14 hours.«

Weiterer Anstieg der Tötung von Journalisten.
60% davon in Konfliktgebieten.

The number of journalists and media workers killed increased by more than 10%, from 74 in 2023 to 82 in 2024. Over 60% of these killings of journalists occurred in conflict zones – the highest proportion in over a decade.

»At least 625 human rights defenders were killed (502) or disappeared (123) in 2024. The regions of Western Asia and Northern Africa, and Central Asia and Southern Asia had the highest proportion of countries with recorded cases of detentions of human rights defenders.«

»Meanwhile, Latin America and the Caribbean was the region with the highest proportion of countries (80%) where killings of human rights defenders were recorded. Firearms were the primary weapon used in most killings globally.«