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 ...

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 ...

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

Promoting respect for human rights is a core purpose of the United Nations and defines its identity as an organization for people around the world. Member States have mandated the Secretary ...

Human Rights First today released an extensive new report detailing both positive developments and serious human rights concerns in Syria following the fall of the Assad government in December 2024.

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

The EU has already set crucial precedents with legislative initiatives that compel businesses to respect human rights. Examples are the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive — the first ...

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.

Earlier this month, the United Nations Human Rights Committee delivered a searing report highlighting the U.S. government’s failure to meet its human rights obligations under the International ...

At least 10 people were killed in drone strikes on Mekelle, a major city in the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray, in what the EU labelled as endangering "a very fragile hope" of peace. The attack ...

Human rights in one of the world’s most egregious authoritarian regimes are set to be diminished even further, thanks to another sudden funding freeze by Elon Musk.