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 ...

A Palestinian human rights group lost a legal challenge against the U.K. government over supplying Israel with parts for F-35 ...

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

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

Osman Kavala, the respected Turkish human rights defender, has been behind bars in Istanbul’s Silivri high security jail for ...

Six men were forcibly disappeared in Balochistan, says Baloch National Movement. Protests erupt over activist Zeeshan ...

The budget reconciliation bill passed by the United States Senate today would extend tax cuts that disproportionately benefit ...

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

Authoritarian leaders’ ability to control and manipulate people with Bitcoin is “completely decimated,” said a Human Rights ...