In a country where justice is often elusive, Mario Joseph was a fearless crusader who didn’t care whether his opponent was the Haitian government or the international community as he defended ...

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was adopted by the UN General Assembly on 10 December 1948, was the result of the experience of the Second World War. With the end of that war ...

Human Rights are often assumed to have a precise twentieth-century origin in the 1948 Universal Declaration or in the succeeding decades of increasing activism. However, the history of human rights ...

We need to hold ourselves and our leaders accountable on promises to fulfill human rights abroad, and encourage them to do so ...

Check out our live coverage of the Day The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a milestone document in the history of human rights. United Nations Human Rights, together with the ...

The pandemic has highlighted inequalities in countries around the world, from the protests against systemic racism and police brutality that swept through the United States last summer to the ...

We, the undersigned human rights organizations, note with alarm the number of arrests and incidents of harassment and violence against individuals and human rights defenders exercising their right to ...

These groups have a well-documented history of human rights abuses and violations of international law. Justice efforts need to address past and ongoing violations, ensuring accountability for ...