A Chilean scholar argues sovereignty must adapt to the realities of the digital age, balancing state autonomy with the ...

Human Rights First deplores President Trump’s reckless decision to defund and withdraw from  multilateral organizations and ...

Human Rights First condemns the illegality of recent military action taken by the Trump administration in Venezuela and its announced plan to take over and run the country indefinitely. Venezuelans ...

At the end of World War II, the U.S. and its allies made a compelling case that protecting and promoting human rights is not ...

CFR scholars provide expert analysis and commentary on international issues. Catherine Powell, an adjunct senior fellow for women and foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, is the former ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. This year marked the tenth anniversary of the establishment of a Commission of ...

The State Department released its long-awaited reports on international human rights Tuesday, and they drastically reduce the types of government repression and abuse that the United States under ...

President Trump’s unconventional address to the United Nations General Assembly last week was short on specifics, but his administration’s recent actions have changed America’s human rights policy in ...

Thank you Chairs, Honourable Members of the European Parliament, Thank you for the invitation to address this subcommittee and the delegation. The forthcoming first EU-Central Asia summit marks a new ...

Dec. 10 marks the anniversary of the 1948 signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations in the aftermath of the Holocaust. Though contested, imperfect and ...