The Universal Declaration of Human Rights will mark its 77th anniversary on Dec. 10. The document was adopted by the United ...

International human rights law lays down the obligations of Governments to act in certain ways or to refrain from certain acts, in order to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms of ...

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations’ General Assembly following World War II and the Holocaust, was meant to eternalize the solemn vow “Never Again.” It was ...

Guru Tegh Bahadur’s sacrifice perfectly aligns with the principles included in the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights ...

Alex Neve is an international human rights lawyer and the former secretary general of Amnesty International Canada. He’s ...

The seventy-fifth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in December 2023 was an opportunity to re-examine the work of Eleanor Roosevelt and her colleagues in the United Nations as ...

The United Nations, birthed in 1945 after the atrocity of WWII’s Holocaust, pledged through its 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Genocide Convention to protect the right to life and ...

TODAY, CITY LEADERS CAME TOGETHER TO COMMEMORATE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY, AND THEY ALSO WANTED TO REMIND THE PEOPLE OF PITTSBURGH THAT THE WORK IS FAR FROM DONE. THEY UNDERSTAND THAT NO ONE ...

In a speech published Monday, UN Human Rights Council President Jürg Lauber highlighted the importance of facilitating more meaningful participation from Indigenous peoples within UN institutions, ...

Amnesty International voiced its support on Friday for a report issued by the UN Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (DDPA ...

Human rights are standards that governments around the world have agreed to meet so that everyone can live a safe, free and dignified life. Human rights are about being treated fairly, treating others ...