Venezuela’s ruling party-controlled National Assembly has declared Volker Türk, the United Nations high commissioner for ...

Arbitrary detentions, forced disappearances, torture and ill-treatment -- particularly during recent elections -- are among ...

Factors including the size and remoteness of its location could mean abysmal conditions and limited access to counsel.

Human Rights Watch welcomes Angola’s engagement with the UPR process and its acceptance of a significant number of recommendations, especially those related to education, justice, and legislative ...

Earlier in his career as a senator, now-Secretary of State Marco Rubio positioned himself as a champion of strong ...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has dealt a sharp blow to Cypriot authorities and deputy attorney-general Savvas ...

Employers that defend against human rights complaints often find themselves grappling with pleadings and submissions that ...

A well-known Toronto television personality says she’s reached a settlement with Bell Media in response to a human rights complaint, in which she alleged “a systemic pattern” of racism, sexism and ...

A Palestinian human rights group lost a legal challenge against the U.K. government over supplying Israel with parts for F-35 ...

This brief is based on an extensive analysis of how human rights treaty bodies have engaged with individual states’ ...

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has turned over its “Karapatang Pantao 101” module to the Department of Education (DepEd ...

Venezuela's government-allied National Assembly on Tuesday unanimously declared United Nations High Commissioner for Human ...