Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. This year marked the tenth anniversary of the establishment of a Commission of ...
Lucye Rafferty/The Hoya Government professor Anthony Arend emphasizes a point during last Monday’s Human Rights: A Culture In Crisis class lecture. The class is team-taught by Arend, English professor ...
The modern concept of human rights is historically linked to Western schools of thought, particularly the Enlightenment, and broadly associated with reason, individual freedom, and inherent human ...
*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 ...
When I first asked my parents about former President Jimmy Carter, I remember them telling me that “He was ahead of his time, but a lot of people didn’t understand what he was trying to do,” and “He ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am an attorney who writes about ESG policy, laws, and regulations. Mary Robinson speaks at the D'Alemberte and Palmer Lecture in ...