The ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), the growing criticism towards paternalistic and coercive models of ...

(Washington, February 7, 2024) – Human Rights Watch on February 7, 2024, released “A Human Rights Guide to the 2024 US Elections: Vital Recommendations for Voters, Candidates, and Supporters of ...

Human Rights Watch would like to congratulate the CEDAW Committee on the important work it has undertaking to develop this ...

Human rights and justice issues encompass the legal norms, institutional mechanisms and social practices through which societies seek to uphold fundamental freedoms, ensure accountability for abuses ...

In December 2020, the Council established a human rights sanctions framework that applies globally, meaning that the EU can target individuals, entities and bodies – including state and non-state ...

Indian supporters of Palestine hold watermelon slices during an anti-Israel protest on the occasion of International Human Rights Day, at the Freedom Park in Bengaluru on Dec. 10. The watermelons were ...

The National Conservatives could gain from a more thorough engagement with the human rights discourse. Editor’s Note: This article is part of the symposium “Human Rights in the Trump Era.” The full ...

In many ways, the place of human rights in US foreign policy is simply returning to its pre-World War II norm. Editor’s Note: This article is part of the symposium “Human Rights in the Trump Era.” The ...

Most of us are very sensitive to social justice issues, and UN organizations remind us of this at various times during the year. Within social justice however, nothing makes for a more substantive ...