The Committee on Human Rights (CHR) is a standing membership committee of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and National Academy of Medicine. It serves as a ...

GUATEMALA CITY — A panel of independent experts who make up the United Nations Human Rights Committee said Thursday they found that Guatemala violated the rights of a 14-year-old girl who was raped ...

Chairperson of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, Honorable Members of the Committee, State Party representatives, civil society organizations: Human Rights Watch ...

We write in advance of the 78th Session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) regarding its preparation and adoption of a list of issues in advance of the full review of ...

Human Rights Watch said in its submission to the United Nations Human Rights Committee on Monday that UN member states should use the upcoming review of Vietnam’s record on civil and political rights ...

The UN Human Rights Committee found on Thursday that Albania violated the rights of three Roma children by failing to register their births, leaving them without legal recognition and at risk of ...

His Excellency Secretary-General of the National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) Sultan bin Hassan Al Jamali affirmed that achieving sustainable peace cannot rel ...

Oct. 27 (UPI) --At a time when authoritarian regimes are advancing, democracies are wavering and human rights are increasingly treated as optional rather than essential, one small organization ...

The People’s Select Committee on Pay Equity has confirmed that recent amendments to equal pay legislation have undermined ...