The UNCRC is the most widely ratified human rights treaty in history and recognises the need for specific protections for ...

The right to development must be understood holistically and is a legal entitlement rooted in international law. Access to ...

What economic actors do they identify? Does the economic context affect their daily lives and, if so, in what way? Would they ...

In its annual report, Amnesty International sounds the alarm on the global system of rule-based human rights. "Unprecedented forces are hunting down the ideals of human rights for all, seeking to ...

Spring 2025 will mark the 48th release of the U.S. Department of State’s annual congressionally mandated Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, commonly referred to as the Human Rights Reports ...

But so far, the administration has conspicuously omitted a critical issue for Iranians: human rights. It’s a stark departure from Trump’s first-term agenda, which condemned violations in Iran ...

ACLU in lawsuit argues Trump's ICC order is unconstitutional Trump's order sanctioned ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan Advocates say order forced them to stop some human rights work April 11 (Reuters ...

Retail tycoon Sir Philip Green's human rights were not breached when he was named in parliament as the holder of an injunction against the Telegraph newspaper, the European Court of Human Rights ...

The situation is one of a slew of instances where human rights defenders in remote locations have faced retaliation, according to a new report from Mary Lawlor, U.N. special rapporteur on the ...

More information from BBC Newsround. Update: On 7 July 2022 Derek Chauvin was given a 21 year jail sentence for violating George Floyd's human rights. The sentence will run at the same time as his ...

Amnesty International urged the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Tuesday to condemn the forced return of Eritrean refugees to their home country. The statement came amid the 58th session of the ...

In just one week, President Donald Trump has launched the most systemic and aggressive assault on human rights in U.S. presidential history. While the first Trump administration made similar attempts ...