Human rights obligations do not apply to national governments alone. There are dozens of self-identified “ human rights cities” in the United States—from Mountain View, Cali ...

This brief is based on an extensive analysis of how human rights treaty bodies have engaged with individual states’ ...

Last week, the United Nations Human Rights Office issued its first ever guidance paper on “transnational repression,” aimed ...

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US human rights policy needs to focus to be effective. Specifically, it should revolve around three principles.

Astounding in their intellectual breadth, and almost frightening in their foresight, they provided the answer to the question ...

On the third day of the 59th Session of the Human Rights Council (HRC), the spotlight turned to reports on rising executions ...

A UN Special Rapporteur on climate change and human rights urged countries on Monday to phase out fossil fuels to combat the climate crisis following the 10 hottest years in history, which saw ...

Billionaires’ wealth increased by $2 trillion in 2024, while the number of people living below the poverty line hardly changed. The top ten wealthiest people in the world now own more than the poorest ...

A woman holds a portrait of human rights activist and lawyer Rocio San Miguel during a demonstration outside Spain's embassy in Caracas, Venezuela, to demand her release, on Feb. 20, 2024.

The Trump administration is substantially scaling back the State Department's annual reports on international human rights to remove longstanding critiques of abuses such as harsh prison ...