A decade after the Chinese Communist Party's nationwide crackdown on human rights lawyers, activists and lawyers say their work has become nearly impossible. How much room is left in China to defend ...

Human rights defenders rallied on Thursday to support the top U.N. expert on Palestinian rights, after the United States ...

There are 10 human rights treaty bodies; committees of independent experts charged with providing authoritative interpretation of their respective instruments and monitoring states ...

South Africa's Caster Semenya speaks to lawyer Gregory Nott, right, in the European Court of Human Rights before a decision over sex eligibility rules in sports, Thursday, July 10, 2025 in ...

On July 9, 2025, in the case of Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) held Russia ...

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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador -- International human rights organizations on Friday filed a lawsuit with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights asking that the commission order El Salvador's ...

The key legal point in Semenya’s win was that the Swiss Federal Court had not carried out a “rigorous judicial review” that was required because Semenya had no choice but to pursue her case through ...

South African runner Caster Semenya wins partial victory in appeal against ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

South Africa's Caster Semenya speaks to lawyer Gregory Nott, right, in the European Court of Human Rights before a decision over sex eligibility rules in sports, Thursday, July 10, 2025 in ...