Widespread backsliding on protections of basic rights is taking a toll on Asian economies as growing inequality leaves the poor vulnerable to labor abuses and scams, a report by Human Rights Watch ...

The U.N. human rights chief said Thursday that his office is in “survival mode” as he presented an appeal for $400 million to meet its estimated needs this year, after funding cuts last year hurt its ...

Demonstrators wave the American flag during a civil rights march in Jackson, Miss. on June 17, 1963. Demonstrators wave the American flag during a civil rights march in Jackson, Miss. on June 17, 1963 ...

CNW/ - In honour of Black History Month, Charlotte-Anne Malischewski, serving as Chief Commissioner of the Canadian Human Rights Commission, issues ...

Earlier this month, Professor of History and Africana Studies Keisha Blain published her new book, “Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights.” In the book, Blain explores how Black ...

Black History Month arrives every year with familiar rituals, yet it hits differently once you start planning trips around it ...

How bad can things get when it comes to sexual and reproductive health rights? When the government is telling you what you can and can’t do with your own body, like in parts of the US today, things ...

Nepal, Jan. 29 -- Nepal has long taken pride in its human rights-friendly constitution and a history of civic movements for ...

Indonesia's new President Prabowo Subianto, foreground, and Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka, right, greet newly-appointed deputy ministers during the announcement of their cabinet lineup at ...

Executive Director’s Note: Robert Collins is a senior advisor for the Committee of Human Rights in North Korea. He has ...

The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) has announced that Joel Jenson, a member of Archbishop Stepinac High School’s History Department, has been selected by its Board of Directors as ...