The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a landmark document outlining the fundamental rights and freedoms that belong to all people, everywhere. Adopted by the United Nations on December ...

Venezuela’s ruling party-controlled National Assembly has declared Volker Türk, the United Nations high commissioner for ...

Venezuela's government-allied National Assembly on Tuesday unanimously declared United Nations High Commissioner for Human ...

Arbitrary detentions, forced disappearances, torture and ill-treatment -- particularly during recent elections -- are among ...

Factors including the size and remoteness of its location could mean abysmal conditions and limited access to counsel.

As Ronald Reagan aptly said, “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.” May that not happen on our ...

A group of Marshall County residents have formed an organization known as Marshall County Human Rights and Advocacy, which ...

Human Rights Watch welcomes Angola’s engagement with the UPR process and its acceptance of a significant number of recommendations, especially those related to education, justice, and legislative ...

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

Employers that defend against human rights complaints often find themselves grappling with pleadings and submissions that ...

The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, in Kano State, says it received 134 complaints of alleged human rights abuses in June. The NHRC Coordinator in ...

Historically, human right doctrines have not always guided US foreign policy. When they do, the result is rarely a success.