Recent attempts to amend Iraq’s Personal Status Law — a civil set of laws regarding family life — have sparked significant controversy. The proposed amendments pertain to issues such as the minimum ...

December 3 marked the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, a day where we mobilize support for the dignity, rights and well-being of persons with disabilities. To mark the occasion, we're ...

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 ...

In connection with the Nobel Prize Summit, the Committee on Human Rights has produced a portrait exhibit, which can be explored virtually, celebrating some of the many significant contributions Nobel ...

It's been 25 years since I moved to the United Kingdom. On a recent visit to my home state of Goa in western India, I talked with our gardener, who had migrated to Goa from Bihar in northern India ...

The lack of transparency and accountability exhibited by the NYPD in their handling of sensitive data collected from facial recognition software has only grown.

As far as we’d like to think we’ve come in terms of gender discrimination, we still have a long way to go—especially in terms of the rights outlined in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms ...

This December 10, 2008, marks the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) by 48 countries — almost the entire membership of the U.N. at the time. The UDHR ...

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 ...

As the world marks Universal Human Rights Day on Wednesday, the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta is inviting the public to explore its newly renovated galleries—completely free of ...

The Kuki Human Rights Council (KHRC) has strongly refuted allegations accusing the organisation of inciting communal discord ...