Under relentless pressure from President Donald Trump’s administration, and long undermined by China and Russia, the ...

Philippe Sands, one of the world’s pre-eminent human rights attorneys, grew up in the shadow of bleak times. He worries that history is taking an unfortunate detour.

As the world marks Universal Human Rights Day on Wednesday, the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta is inviting the public to explore its newly renovated galleries—completely free of ...

When a gold mine in rural Liberia spewed three million gallons of cyanide-laced wastewater into soil and groundwater in 2016, affected Indigenous communities’ calls for accountability went largely ...

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We write to you on behalf of Human Rights Watch to draw your attention to serious human rights abuses by the United Arab ...

Indonesia will chair the UN Human Rights Council in 2026, hailed by officials as recognition of its international standing, ...

Dar es Salaam. A Tanzanian human rights lawyer and advocate, Mr Onesmo Olengurumwa, has emerged as one of the leading global contenders for the position of United Nations Special Rapporteur on the ...