If there’s an American creed, it’s expressed by the first words of the Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to ...

The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a series of resolutions on Harmony with Nature, and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights has issued an advisory opinion stating that environmental ...

Each week, two readers discuss a hot topic in a parliamentary-style debate that doesn’t necessarily reflect their personal ...

We, the members of the Gaza Tribunal, having gathered in Sarajevo from 25 to 29 May 2025, declare our collective moral outrage at the continuing genocide in Palestine, our solidarity with the people ...

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights—adopted in 1948 by the United Nations General Assembly to set a framework for the ...

A large majority of European Union countries are demanding that Hungary revise a new law that allows the government to ban public events by LGBTQ+ communities. At least 20 countries including ...

(New York) – Recent legislative initiatives by Bangladesh’s interim government risk undermining fundamental freedoms, Human Rights Watch said today. Instead of pursuing its pledge to reform ...

Kennedy Human Rights Award. Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, an organization that aims to pursue the late senator and former attorney general’s “dream of a more just and peaceful world ...

The top human rights official at the United Nations rang alarm bells Tuesday about the Trump administration’s use of a Salvadoran megaprison to detain immigrants without due process, potentially for ...

The UN Human Rights High Commissioner Volker Türk has voiced concern over the recent deportation of large numbers of non-nationals from the United States, particularly to third countries. His Office, ...

said he doesn’t think it’s a good idea for President Trump to accept a luxury Boeing jet from Qatar since it could possibly hinder the United States’s ability to call out any human rights ...

(Stanislav Krasilnikov/RIA Novosti via AP) DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — At least 100 civilians were killed by Burkina Faso government forces in March near the western town of Solenzo, Human Rights Watch said ...