The concept of individual rights was transformational. The philosophers of the Enlightenment, like John Locke, were a primary inspiration for our founders, who then codified human rights into the D… ...

We still have a ways to go when it comes to protecting universal human rights around the globe The importance of human rights ...

Social media has become the modern public square, ... we have asked Human Rights Watch experts to reflect on some of the key human rights challenges in their area of specialty.

A Savannah gathering commemorated the fifth anniversary of civil rights activist and former Georgia Representative John Lewis ...

Over the past several decades, digital technologies have transformed nearly every aspect of human life, revolutionizing developments across multiple sectors, including healthcare, education, and ...

Emilie M Hafner-Burton, A social science of human rights, Journal of Peace Research, Vol. 51, No. 2, Anniversary Special Issue (March 2014), pp. 273-286 Free online reading for over 10 million ...

And while human-rights movements gingerly took on economic and social-rights advocacy after the Cold War, they never attacked the hierarchy of wealth erected by neoliberalism.

Chatbots may be contributing to a wider distrust in democratic institutions, new report finds. Credit: Jakub Porzycki / ...

International human rights and corporate social responsibility efforts continue to gain momentum. To mark the occasion of the 10-year anniversary of the adoption of the UN Guiding Principles on ...

By David Taveras, sophomore political science major. What does social justice truly mean? The answer to this question has evolved in recent years and it is precisely what students like me who are ...

Apparently, if you're a small enough human, you don't have rights." The Campaign's president says its Corporate Equality Index is "about partnership with businesses to make workplaces as inclusive ...

Human Rights Watch has dedicated considerable attention in recent years to researching and advocating on economic, social and cultural rights in the UK, including the right to food and cuts to ...