Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr Ewelina U Ochab is a Forbes contributor, lawyer, and author. December 10 marked the United Nations Human Rights Day, a day ...

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

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

COMMENTARY: The document’s Dec. 10 anniversary is a reminder not to give up on its noble aim of recognizing the dignity of each and every human being. Eleanor Roosevelt holding poster of the Universal ...

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 ...

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 ...

On December 10, the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) will reach its three-quarters of a century milestone. Adopted on the same day by the UN General Assembly in 1948, the ...

U.S. embassies around the world have been instructed to categorize abortion access, DEI policies, and transgender care for ...

This December 10, 2008, marks the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) by 48 countries — almost the entire membership of the U.N. at the time. The UDHR ...

When was the UDHR created? The UDHR emerged from the ashes of war and the horrors of the Holocaust. The traumatic events of the Second World War brought home that human rights are not always ...

I recently had the opportunity to give a presentation to a group of human rights workers during a training at Human Rights Watch. As is always the case when I prepare and deliver a presentation, and ...