Joseph Amon, director of the Health and Human Rights Division at Human Rights Watch, gave a lecture Tuesday about his work in non-communicable diseases and how human rights arguments can support ...

The Trump administration is substantially scaling back the State Department's annual reports on international human rights to remove longstanding critiques of abuses such as harsh prison conditions, ...

Spring 2025 will mark the 48th release of the U.S. Department of State’s annual congressionally mandated Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, commonly referred to as the Human Rights Reports ...

Ms. Callamard is the secretary general of Amnesty International. Mr. Borello is the acting executive director of Human Rights Watch. When the world emerged from the horrors of World War II and vowed ...

In many ways, the place of human rights in US foreign policy is simply returning to its pre-World War II norm. Editor’s Note: This article is part of the symposium “Human Rights in the Trump Era.” The ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Human rights scandals have marred World Cup tournaments for years, but FIFA is testing a new protocol requiring all host committees to develop action plans to protect human rights for ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio sits nearby as U.S. President Donald Trump meets with President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador in the Oval Office of the White House on April 14, 2025 in Washington, DC.

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Autonomous weapons systems present numerous risks to humanity, most of which infringe on fundamental obligations and principles of international human rights law. Such systems select and engage ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Today, Dec. 10, is Human Rights Day, a global reminder that dignity, equality, and freedom from discrimination are not abstract ...

In Geneva on 9 February, the United Nations deputy human rights chief gave an alarming update on the dramatic impact of the financial crisis on the UN’s ability to promote and protect human rights ...