We write in advance of the 78th Session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) regarding its preparation and adoption of a list of issues in advance of the full review of ...

A new Human Rights Watch report includes graphic details about the alleged 'dehumanizing' conditions in which ICE detainees ...

Next week, the United Nations Human Rights Council will vote on renewing the mandate of the independent expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and ...

A new scathing report by the group Human Rights Watch is calling three Florida immigration detention centers degrading and ...

Just over a year ago, the European Union approved a directive that sought to usher in a new era of human rights protection ...

Greece has suspended the ability for people coming by boat via North Africa to seek asylum –violating their rights, ...

Today the UN Human Rights Council firmly rejected Eritrea’s attempt to end scrutiny of its human rights situation. Council members decisively voted down the Eritrean government’s resolution to ...

Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, told the U.N. Human Rights Council that conditions in Venezuela have continued to deteriorate at an alarming rate over the past ...

This weekend in Hungary’s capital Budapest, Human Rights Watch staff witnessed the city transform—if only for one brilliant afternoon—into a beacon of resistance. Budapest Pride was more ...

Rubio’s plan would shutter most of the State Department’s offices devoted to human rights and lay off an estimated 80% of the DRL staff, most of whom are experts in human rights and democracy.

Osman Kavala, the respected Turkish human rights defender, has been behind bars in Istanbul’s Silivri high security jail for almost eight years.

The global soccer governing body FIFA’s reported decision to cancel previously planned additional anti-racism and anti-discrimination messaging at Club World Cup venues in the United States ...