A United Nations special rapporteur warned Friday that air pollution is contributing to widespread human rights violations worldwide, calling on governments to take urgent action to reduce pollution ...

The State Department released its long-awaited reports on international human rights Tuesday, and they drastically reduce the types of government repression and abuse that the United States under ...

Lawyers, judges, human rights defenders, and government officials have renewed calls for stronger protection of Nigerians’ fundamental rights and the right to development. The participants also called ...

We, the undersigned organisations, write ahead of the 61st session of the UN Human Rights Council (“HRC” or “Council”) to urge your government to support the renewal and strengthening of the mandates ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday criticized the announcement of the new EU-Uzbekistan Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement. The agreement describes respect for democratic principles and ...

U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration earned condemnation from Amnesty International on Thursday over its leaked plans to downplay human rights violations in countries favored by the American ...

Ahead of the 60th session of the U.N. Human Rights Council, commencing on September 8 and running until October 3, close to 100 civil society organizations from Sudan and beyond sent a joint letter to ...

On January 18, the consortium of human rights organizations: CRDH, Action pour les Droits Humains (APDH), Diaspora Plurielle Congolaise (DPC), Banyamulenge Gakondo and ISOKO Diaspora, released a ...

The Council today imposed restrictive measures on five individuals responsible for serious violations or abuses of human rights and for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition in ...

On July 12, Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is traveling to Beijing for another “annual leaders’ meeting” with Chinese President Xi Jinping. They will discuss global and regional issues as ...

Some 4,000 Filipinos marched in the capital Manila, denouncing "gross human rights violations and international humanitarian law abuses” by the government in the Catholic-majority nation. The marchers ...