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

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 ...

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

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

The Trump administration can still project a meaningful vision of human rights that is reconcilable with its focus on the ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

The concept of human rights within Catholic teaching is not a recent addition but rather has roots extending back to the ...

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.

Nine EU countries, led by Denmark, challenged the European Court of Human Rights to permit deportations of illegal immigrants, citing threats to democracy and safety.