I stand before the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, France, on December 11, 1948. Yesterday, the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, comprising a preamble and 30 ...

One of the supreme achievements of the victory against 20th-century fascism was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. As ...

Addressing the Human Rights Day celebration, organised by the National Human Rights Commission, in New Delhi on Wednesday, the President of India, Smt.

Human Rights Day is celebrated every year on December 10 to honor the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in 1948. This important day reminds us of the basic freedoms and ...

President Trump’s unconventional address to the United Nations General Assembly last week was short on specifics, but his administration’s recent actions have changed America’s human rights policy in ...

Demonstrators wave the American flag during a civil rights march in Jackson, Miss. on June 17, 1963. Demonstrators wave the American flag during a civil rights march in Jackson, Miss. on June 17, 1963 ...

This submission highlights Human Rights Watch’s concerns regarding the human rights situation in Kuwait. Although at its last Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Kuwait accepted 230 recommendations,[1] ...

The United States’ decision to withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council and, consequently, from this year’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) marks a worrying retreat from global human rights ...

CFR scholars provide expert analysis and commentary on international issues. Catherine Powell, an adjunct senior fellow for women and foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, is the former ...

In just one week, President Donald Trump has launched the most systemic and aggressive assault on human rights in U.S. presidential history. While the first Trump administration made similar attempts ...