The group, Cristosal, has investigated prison deaths and torture under President Nayib Bukele. Its employees were threatened ...

An Evanston teacher plans to file discrimination complaint; advocates for Palestinian human rights say they’re being censored ...

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele's drive to consolidate his grip on power and crack down on critics and humanitarian ...

Three independent experts working for the U.N.’s top human rights body who focus on Israel and the occupied Palestinian ...

All members of a team of three independent experts working for the U.N.'s top human-rights body with a focus on Israel and Palestinian areas say they are resigning, citing personal reasons and a need ...

The concept of individual rights was transformational. The philosophers of the Enlightenment, like John Locke, were a primary inspiration for our founders, who then codified human rights into the D… ...

Two-time Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya has won a partial victory at the European Court of Human Rights in her ...

On July 9, 2025, in the case of Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human ...

The government has formally launched the National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights (NAP-BHR), outlining a framework to hold companies accountable for their impact on human rights and ensure ...

Human rights commissioners, at several recent meetings, have questioned how much their opinions matter, with Shemitz saying last month their “ability to advance anything at this point seems to ...