Human rights are not just words on paper. Advocates, social movements and government champions have brought much needed positive changes by pushing for the adoption of international human rights ...

Iman Helles, a displaced mother sheltering in a facility run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in Gaza, fears that ...

Japan said it would not fund a UN women's rights committee and suspended a member's visit over calls for the nation to change ...

As Trump takes aim at global norms and institutions, the question of what parts of the post-Cold War order can be saved – and for whom – requires urgent attention.

The United Nations human rights chief on Thursday appealed for $500 million in extra-budgetary resources for 2025 to support ...

Kazakhstan should promptly express its support for and implement the recommendations made by member states at the UN Human ...

Lebanon’s new government should prioritize protecting and promoting human rights, accountability, transparency, and the rule of law, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to new prime ...

It’d be easy for the Rutgers alumnus to cash in on his good looks and celebrity status. He’s received offers to trade his ...

Japan is to freeze voluntary funding for a United Nations' women's rights panel over its recommendation that Japan's male-only imperial succession rule should be revised from gender-equality ...