Carter’s life reflected a deep commitment to equality, justice, peace, and human rights. His vision of fair global relations remains vital today.

COMMENTARY: The late president played a vital but often overlooked role, alongside Pope John Paul II, in keeping moral pressure on the Soviet Union and other repressive regimes.

Human Rights Watch mourns the loss of Jimmy Carter, who made trailblazing contributions to the human rights movement during his US presidency and long afterward.

President Jimmy Carter’s legacy of giving back endures in several nonprofits through which he and his wife, Rosalynn Carter, worked in the almost 50 years after they left the White House