Three independent experts working for the U.N.'s top human rights body who focus on Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories have announced their resignations, citing personal reasons and a ...

The United States has sanctioned the United Nations’s special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories over her criticism of Israel.

A new Human Rights Watch report includes graphic details about the alleged 'dehumanizing' conditions in which ICE detainees in three Florida detention centers live under.

The prominent human rights activist and critic of the junta, Moussa Tiangari, who was arbitrarily arrested in December 2024, remains in detention on fabricated terrorism-related charges.

But for the new policy on democracy and human rights to work, Donald Trump needs to stop undermining them.

El Salvador's top human rights organization, Cristosal, says it is leaving the country after harassment and legal threats by the government of President Nayib Bukele.

The Jordanian government is forcibly evicting the Bedul, a group of Bedouins from Petra, in clear violation of their economic, social, and cultural rights, including their right to housing.

That’s according to testimonies in a new Human Rights Watch report published today detailing abusive conditions at the Krome jail and two other detention facilities in Florida operated by ICE.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that two-time Olympic champion Caster Semenya was not afforded a fair hearing in her seven-year trial over track and field’s sex eligibility ...

GENEVA (AP) — Two-time Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya won a partial victory at the European Court of Human Rights on Thursday in her seven-year legal fight against track and field’s ...

Just over a year ago, the European Union approved a directive that sought to usher in a new era of human rights protection across Europe.

Human rights groups and independent media in their countries are being decimated, courtesy of President Trump’s massive foreign aid cuts to pro-democracy groups abroad.