The International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a unanimous opinion on July 23, 2025, that climate change is "an existential ...

This week, Russia’s State Duma, the lower chamber of parliament, adopted a draft law that imposes fines on ordinary citizens ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) submits the following information ahead of Georgia’s fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR). Georgia’s human rights record has dramatically deteriorated since its last UPR ...

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

The decision by Kazakhstan’s Foreign Affairs Ministry to withhold accreditation from 16 journalists for the Kazakh service of ...

Congress should renew the North Korean Human Rights Act, but also urgently exert pressure on the State Department to preserve ...

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

The US announced it was sanctioning Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and other officials for human rights violations and restricting access to visas after protests.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Europe’s top human rights court delivered damning judgments Wednesday against Russia in four cases brought by Kyiv and the Netherlands accusing Moscow of ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...