Human rights are rooted in the ancient ideas of civility, equality and justice. The term is used frequently, but less often ...

Human Rights Watch's Carine Kaneza Nantulya discusses what’s happening in the United States and how people can band together ...

Speaking up: An Orang Asli women’s collective, Apa Kata Wanita Orang Asli, standing up for their rights. Ideally, South-East ...

We need to hold ourselves and our leaders accountable on promises to fulfill human rights abroad, and encourage them to do so ...

The United States has been added to CIVICUS’s monitor list of potential human rights threats, a move the global nonprofit ...

The most ironic objection by the pro-Duterte groups regarding the incarceration of the former president is that this is a violation of his human rights. I call this “ironic” because Duterte has issued ...

Justice systems fail to accommodate disability, making it difficult for women to prove abuses of their human rights. For example, some courts will not entertain allegations of sexual violence ...

A conversation on human rights can become politically charged, but it really boils down to meeting people's basic needs, says Mayor Brandon Sakbun. Those basic human rights are not political, he said.

A major new report about the COVID-19 pandemic by the Australian Human Rights Commission has highlighted how critical gaps in ...