Dr Mary McAleese, academic civil and canon lawyer, is author of Children’s Rights and Obligations in Canon Law: the ...

If enacted, the death penalty bill currently before the Israeli Knesset would constitute a violation of arguably the most ...

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

It was 77 years ago when the United Nations general assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights declaring that “all human beings are born free and equal in dignity ...

(Note: This post is Part 1 of the two-part series “Historical and Modern Voices of Reason Against Israel’s Death Penalty Bill ...

Despite considerable and at times, historic, progress on gender equality, progress is miles away from being acceptable.

As the banner marking the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence was lowered, another was raised to commemorate the 75th International Human Rights Day on December 10. Between these ...

Some Head Start early childhood programs are being told by the federal government to remove a list of nearly 200 words and phrases from their funding applications or they could be denied. That's ...

Addressing the Human Rights Day celebration, organised by the National Human Rights Commission, in New Delhi on Wednesday, the President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu said that Human Rights Day is an ...

As the world marks Universal Human Rights Day on Wednesday, the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta is inviting the public to explore its newly renovated galleries—completely free of ...

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Graeme Mack does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...