Armed conflict dominates the headlines, from the hostilities in Israel and Palestine, to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, to the militaries and militias committing atrocities in Sudan. For ...

For more than a century, conservationists have worked to preserve natural ecosystems by creating national parks and protected areas. Today the Earth faces a global biodiversity crisis, with more than ...

Fifteen years ago, the United Nations Human Rights Council did something it almost never does: it endorsed a major normative ...

Professor Gary English gave a talk on November 20, 2024 on human rights and theatre at . Photo by Connor Sharp/The Daily Campus. On Nov. 20, Gary English, a distinguished professor of dramatic arts at ...

In our complex, interconnected world, there are risks of human rights violations throughout global supply chains. Examples include not only modern slavery and child labour, but also gender ...

The United States has been publishing reports on human rights practices in other countries since 1977. Initially, only countries receiving foreign U.S. assistance were covered. Today, all countries ...

The escalation of global challenges, including political violence, transnational crime, corruption, environmental crises, forced migration, health emergencies, disinformation and inequality, is ...

The US State Department on Tuesday released a pared-down version of its annual report meant to catalogue human rights concerns in countries around the world. The report covers the 2024 calendar year – ...

Nigeria has been attracting the world’s attention in recent months for all the wrong reasons. Nigerians have taken to the streets to protest police brutality after social media users spread accounts ...

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 ...