The mental health industry watchdog International (CCHR) welcomed a major review that Harvard University’s Health and ...

75 years ago - December 10, 1948 - the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris. There are 2 reasons in particular to be hopeful. They have ...

At the end of World War II, the U.S. and its allies made a compelling case that protecting and promoting human rights is not ...

U.N. says Israeli raid cut water access to thousands, displaced 173 The U.N. humanitarian agency says about 40 families are still displaced after Israel's raid and thousands are back in homes left ...

Earlier this month, the United Nations Human Rights Committee delivered a searing report highlighting the U.S. government’s failure to meet its human rights obligations under the International ...

An hour or so after the inauguration of President Donald Trump, Senator Marco Rubio was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to be Secretary of State in the new administration. Unlike many other Trump ...

CFR scholars provide expert analysis and commentary on international issues. Catherine Powell, an adjunct senior fellow for women and foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, is the former ...

The State Department released its long-awaited reports on international human rights Tuesday, and they drastically reduce the types of government repression and abuse that the United States under ...

We are writing to urge you to take action at the 57th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council to extend, by at least two years, the mandates of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for ...

Uniting Dayton for Human Rights is a diverse movement of community members working toward making Dayton a Human Rights City, one where government officials and residents work together in an open, ...

Advocating for the rights of people forced to flee and those denied a nationality. Citizens normally look to their own governments to guarantee their human rights and physical security. When people ...