The litany of human rights crises that unfolded in 2022 – from Ukraine to China to Afghanistan – has left behind a sea of human suffering, but it has also opened new opportunities for human ...

Russia joined the Human Rights Council in January 2021. But in April 2022, it became the first country to be removed from the council since Libya in 2011.

Between October 2023 and June 2024, Human Rights Watch interviewed 144 people including 94 Israeli and other nationals who witnessed the October 7 assault, victims’ family members, first ...

It’s fair to ask why these organizations do not have more diversified funding streams. But to put it simply, the private sector has too often found funding for human rights programs to be at ...

Human rights are in freefall across 156 countries, including here in the United States. This is driven by increased conflicts that are more deadly; rampant repression of peaceful protests in ...

Examining claims database allows countries to detain ICE agents for human rights violations Social media posts said more than three dozen countries had begun recognizing the "Global ICE ...

However, in 2020, the Trump administration participated in the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), which scrutinized the United States’ human rights record and held it accountable on a global level. The ...

The U.N. Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues, Fernand de Varennes, has noted a “steady” and “alarming” erosion of human rights, particularly of religious and other minorities, in India.

After Maduro's government expelled the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights from Venezuela in February 2024, the agency relocated to Panama and Geneva and continues to receive ...