By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Human rights are under assault worldwide, the United Nations chief warned on ...

A system that safeguards human rights doesn’t endure by accident; it endures because governments and civil society build structures strong enough to outlast any leader. Human rights can survive the ...

In times of conflict, such as in the escalating hostilities in the Middle East, governments committed to international law ...

In an interview with Le Monde, the head of the human rights advocacy group expressed surprise 'at how quickly the quality of American democracy has deteriorated in just one year.' ...

In every election, human rights matter. From local schoolboard elections to presidential elections, voters have the chance to choose candidates who will fight for all people’s human rights, not work ...

A Human Rights Watch report says that ICE raids and the targeting of political enemies shows a shift toward authoritarianism ...

Students from the University of Birmingham (United Kingdom) were declared winners of the twelth edition of the Helga Pedersen Moot Court Competition on the European Convention on ...

In January, the Yukon government was ordered to pay over $36,000 in damages – the largest amount ever awarded in the ...

A bill on the move in the Kentucky General Assembly would place new constraints on state and local human rights commissions, including Lexington's commission.

GOP sponsor of House Bill 468 says civil rights complaints should be settled in jury trials, not by state and local administrative agencies.

The political rhetoric surrounding the Australian women and children seeking to return from Syria ignores this fundamental principle ...