Eleanor Roosevelt, 1958, during a speech at the United Nations called ‘Where Do Human Rights Begin?’ Various delegations contributed to the writing of the Declaration, ensuring the UDHR promised human ...

But human rights are not just abstract concepts – they are defined and protected by law. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights After the horrors of the Second World War, a document was written ...

Effective algorithmic transparency governance requires coordinated action across society to ensure that the deployment of computational systems respects human rights and provides meaningful public ...

I oversee Human Rights Watch’s work on El Salvador and have traveled to the country several times, most recently in 2024. I provide this declaration based on my personal knowledge and experience.

The undersigned Tunisian and international civil society organizations condemn the Tunisian government’s decision to withdraw ...

It is an agreement that sets out thirty human rights that everyone in the world has. The declaration is not a set of laws but many countries have used it to make their own laws about human rights.