Brian Atwood, chair of the OECD-DAC and director of US Agency for International Development (USAID), writes that in recent years, rights-based approaches (RBA) to development are overcoming divisions ...

Human rights are not just words on paper. Advocates, social movements and government champions have brought much needed positive changes by pushing for the adoption of international human rights ...

A century or more ago, sanitation improvement was the symbol of progressive government in the world’s most rapidly growing cities. In today’s booming urban settlements, however, sanitation often lags ...

Astrid Puentes’s journey from Bogotá to the UN is shaped by a deep awareness of how environmental harm often mirrors social injustice. Early in her legal career, she confronted cases where pollution ...

The UN expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order, George Katrougalos, stated in a report Thursday that comprehensive reforms are needed to rebuild a fairer global ...

United Nations member states unanimously adopted the sustainable development agenda in 2015. It aims to ensure development that “meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged a rights-based approach in a letter on Friday to the newly appointed African Union (AU) Special Envoy for the Sahel, Burundi President H.E. Évariste Ndayishimiye. HRW ...

Caribbean governments face increasing threat from sea-level rise due to climate change. This week the Inter-American Court on Human Rights is visiting Barbados to gather opinions on the scope of ...

Mental health service provision can—and should—respect the human rights of individuals seeking or receiving care. The necessary components of mental health services that respect human rights include ...

Spurred by increasing public recognition of the dangers posed by police responses to mental health and substance use crises—particularly for people of color and individuals with ...