By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has attacked key pillars of his country's democracy, Human Rights Watch warned on Wednesday in its annual global report, ...

"Where democracy is undermined, so too are human rights." ...

In Geneva on 9 February, the United Nations deputy human rights chief gave an alarming update on the dramatic impact of the financial crisis on the UN’s ability to promote and protect human rights ...

The Houston host committee for the World Cup released the first version of its human rights plan this week.

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 ...

By Ross Kerber Feb 9 (Reuters) - A set of Catholic investors said on Monday private-prison operator GEO Group has rejected a ...

The Social Security Administration closed its Office of Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity, charged with managing the agency’s civil rights, equal employment opportunity, harassment prevention and ...

Ms. Callamard is the secretary general of Amnesty International. Mr. Borello is the acting executive director of Human Rights Watch. When the world emerged from the horrors of World War II and vowed ...

A report by Human Rights Watch says backsliding on protections is taking a toll on Asian economies as growing inequality ...

Clare Twomey, the director of the York City Human Rights Commission, was fired in December. The city did not provide a reason ...

Demonstrators wave the American flag during a civil rights march in Jackson, Miss. on June 17, 1963. Demonstrators wave the American flag during a civil rights march in Jackson, Miss. on June 17, 1963 ...

Estella Zamora, who served on the Idaho Human Rights Commission for more than three decades, was abruptly removed from her ...