Latin America’s top human rights court has issued a groundbreaking advisory opinion linking states’ human rights obligations ...

Marco Rubio's proposal will wipe out expertise and infrastructure that promote justice abroad and keeps Americans safe at ...

A well-known Toronto television personality says she’s reached a settlement with Bell Media in response to a human rights ...

The Venezuela government-allied National Assembly unanimously declared United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ...

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.

As Ronald Reagan aptly said, “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.” May that not happen on our ...

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

Last week, the United Nations Human Rights Office issued its first ever guidance paper on “transnational repression,” aimed ...

Historically, human right doctrines have not always guided US foreign policy. When they do, the result is rarely a success.