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The Declaration was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948 and sets out, for the first time, fundamental human rights to be universally protected.

The United States is rebuking a United Nations decision to extend Francesca Albanese’s tenure as the U.N. special rapporteur ...

As the United States and Iran cautiously return to the negotiating table, a familiar question resurfaces: can we pursue diplomacy with a repressive government like the Islamic Republic without ...

The United Nations Human Rights Council’s first resolution on landmines strongly endorses the long-standing international ...

We will accomplish this by: listening to, educating, and involving members of the community and elected officials to ensure accountability for the protection of human rights. The movement was ...

[email protected] New York, NY – Human Rights First, a leading international human rights organization founded in 1978 to advance freedom and protect rights, announced the selection of ...

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted by the United Nations’ General Assembly in 1948. It was the first attempt to create a global standard of human rights – to define ...