BYU law professor Brett Scharffs delivered a message to the U.N. connecting human dignity and peace.

U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un talk before a meeting in the Demilitarized Zone on June 30, 2019, in Panmunjom, Korea. Human rights issues—from equal treatment for ...

More than four years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the “danger is only increasing”, particularly from attack ...

*This brief has been updated to reflect new Concluding Observations made by UN Treaty Bodies as of July 8, 2025. Tax policy is inextricably bound up with governments’ human rights obligations. Under ...

Demonstrators wave the American flag during a civil rights march in Jackson, Miss. on June 17, 1963. Black women’s contributions to human’s rights history are too often overlooked in our nation’s ...

(Washington, DC) – The Trump administration’s new US State Department structure may further hamstring rights and justice-related work, with programming already decimated by foreign aid cuts, Human ...

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 ...

Atlanta — A popular historical museum in Georgia is expanding at a critical moment in the debate over how the story of the United States is told. Critics of the Trump administration say it is using ...

Despite decades of progress in advancing human rights globally, gender inequality remains one of the most persistent barriers ...

Father A Nation believes that promoting positive masculinity can be key to addressing gender-based violence and fostering safer communities in South Africa.

Human Rights: A call to embody the Constitution As Human Rights Month draws to a close, South Africa should never let the sun set on inclusive human rights for all its people if it is to fully embody ...

As South Africa marks Human Rights Day, concerns grow that millions of children remain unaware of their basic rights.