The United Nations voted to renew the mandate of the Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) on Monday. The UN ...

Latin America's top human rights court has issued a groundbreaking advisory opinion linking states' human rights obligations ...

Next week, the United Nations Human Rights Council will vote on renewing the mandate of the independent expert on protection ...

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a landmark document outlining the fundamental rights and freedoms that belong to all people, everywhere. Adopted by the United Nations on December ...

The transition to humanus, a name derived from Latin meaning 'humane,' 'kind,' and 'belonging to people,' signifies a ...

In October 2005, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization adopted the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights (UDBHR). A concept of central importance in the ...

Dear President Lee, Congratulations on your inauguration as President of the Republic of Korea. As your new government takes office, we write to you about the human rights situation in South Korea ...

The Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Belarus and Russia have prepared a joint report “On the Human Rights Situation in Selected Countries”, BelTA has learned.

The Trump administration can still project a meaningful vision of human rights that is reconcilable with its focus on the security of American citizens. Editor’s Note: This article is part of ...

The human genome is the complete set of genetic material of the human being. UNESCO regards the human genome as the “heritage of humanity”. UNESCO believes it should be protected and passed on to ...

The United States has played a critical role in drafting numerous international treaties and documents on human rights. However, it has ratified or is otherwise bound to only a handful of treaties in ...

Syrian rights and civil society groups, as well as Human Rights Watch, have reported that SNA factions are still detaining, extorting and torturing Kurdish civilians in northern Syria with impunity.