An elderly mother and two grown up girls who were accidentally switched at birth are suing the Norwegian state.

MEXICO CITY — Legislators from Mexico's ruling party reelected the head of the National Human Rights Commission on Wednesday despite widespread opposition and her failure to call out the government ...

Qatar has been praised at the United Nations’ top human rights body for improving labor laws before the 2022 World Cup.

Over the past decade or so, we’ve seen refugees turned into a major political issue in North America, Europe, and elsewhere.

The decision to continue arming Israel despite widespread evidence of gross human rights abuses appears to violate multiple U ...

Rocked by a wave of gang violence, Sweden is rushing to rewrite laws long seen as the hallmark of its open society, but ...

The United Nations says 70% of those killed in Gaza were children and women. The UN's Ilze Brands Kehris said the ages of ...

Last week, more than 20 human rights organizations, including Human Rights Watch, called on Lebanon and other United Nations ...

When officials from more than 200 countries and hundreds of journalists arrive in Azerbaijan in November for the U.N.'s ...

Human rights activists say imprisoned Belarusian opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova has resurfaced after more than 20 months ...

The complaint alleged that prospective renters with Section 8 vouchers were turned away by the property’s management.

Newly revealed documents show that the North Korean Foreign Ministry issued detailed instructions before and after United ...