Christine Clarke, who will lead the Commission on Human Rights, has worked on discrimination lawsuits against the city’s ...

Human rights are granted to people simply for existing. They are universal—meaning they’re applicable to everyone, regardless of whether the country you live in specifically offers the rights and ...

Rafael Quero Silva faces a lawsuit brought by five people who say he oversaw their abuse and mistreatment as a military ...

Though 2025 saw flagrant human rights abuses across the globe, the year also brought many positive developments.

The mental health industry watchdog International (CCHR) welcomed a major review that Harvard University’s Health and ...

The obvious conclusion to draw from the litany of human rights crises in 2022—from Russian President Vladimir Putin’s deliberate attacks on civilians in Ukraine and Xi Jinping’s open-air prison for ...

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is generally agreed to be the foundation of international human rights law. Adopted in 1948, the UDHR has inspired a rich body of legally binding ...

On 10 December 2008, the United Nations led worldwide celebrations to commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Six decades ago, the international community ...

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 ...

Human rights violations became more visible across Bangladesh in 2025, with sharp increases in political and election-related violence, mob attacks, assaults on journalists, border killings, and ...

Remembering the humanity of Indigenous peoples on International Human Rights Day Dennis Zotigh On December 10, 1948 the United Nations General Assembly adopted and announced the proclamation of the ...

American embassies located in the Western Hemisphere are directed to report on human rights violations stemming from mass ...