In recent years, international criminal law has become one of the most important enforcement mechanisms for international human rights. And no matter the conflict, Andrew Cayley has been at the ...

GENEVA/WASHINGTON/BANJUL – A group of UN and regional independent human rights experts today launched the Platform of Independent Experts on Refugee Rights (PIERR), to better coordinate joint advocacy ...

To the States of the LAC Region: We, the undersigned organizations, committed to the promotion and defense of human rights, sexual rights, and reproductive rights (SRHR): Reaffirm that SRHR are ...

Ms. Callamard is the secretary general of Amnesty International. Mr. Borello is the acting executive director of Human Rights Watch. When the world emerged from the horrors of World War II and vowed ...

As the 75th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) approaches, it is important to remember that it was preceded by the Western Hemisphere’s American Declaration ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Tuesday afternoon, the International Institute and the Human Rights Program hosted Kathryn Sikkink ...

For the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights this month, the Dag Hammarskjöld Library digitized the complete documentation of the International Conference ...

Human rights organizations in Latin America issued a joint statement on Friday, expressing deep concern about the systematic non-compliance of several Latin American states with international human ...

The harassment and criminalization of justice operators and human rights defenders by Guatemalan government officials include multiple forms of gender-based violence and discrimination, according to a ...