Human rights issues—from equal treatment for minorities to freedoms enshrined in the U.S. Bill of Rights, such as speech, ...

The United Nations warned Monday that human rights work globally is fighting for its survival, as funding woes and rollbacks of accountability laws limit the ability to address widespread abuses.

The 2024 version of the State Department report issued by the Trump administration in August already removed or significantly reduced sections on political freedoms, corruption, gender-based violence, ...

Escalating political pressure on electoral authorities threatens Hondurans’ right to vote in free and fair elections.

Discover the impact of our work this year through the 2025 Human Rights First Snapshot—a concise overview of the progress, ...

A diplomatic row over what the word “gender” really means is threatening to complicate the closing stretch of COP30 climate ...

New guidance was sent to all U.S. embassies and consulates abroad Thursday, according to a senior state department official.

Every claim—whether moral, legal, philosophical, or scientific—ultimately depends on one factual question that both sides ...

The US State Department will focus on “natural rights” like freedom of speech in its next human rights report, a senior State ...