Venezuela’s ruling party-controlled National Assembly has declared Volker Türk, the United Nations high commissioner for ...

Arbitrary detentions, forced disappearances, torture and ill-treatment -- particularly during recent elections -- are among ...

Mr. President,Human Rights Watch welcomes Angola's engagement with the UPR process and its acceptance of a significant number of recommendations, especially those related to education, justice, and ...

Factors including the size and remoteness of its location could mean abysmal conditions and limited access to counsel.

Earlier in his career as a senator, now-Secretary of State Marco Rubio positioned himself as a champion of strong ...

Civil and political freedoms in Venezuela have sharply deteriorated over the past year, according to the United Nations’ top ...

Employers that defend against human rights complaints often find themselves grappling with pleadings and submissions that ...

A Palestinian human rights group lost a legal challenge against the U.K. government over supplying Israel with parts for F-35 ...

A well-known Toronto television personality says she’s reached a settlement with Bell Media in response to a human rights complaint, in which she alleged “a systemic pattern” of racism, sexism and ...

Human rights obligations do not apply to national governments alone. There are dozens of self-identified “ human rights cities” in the United States—from Mountain View, Cali ...

This brief is based on an extensive analysis of how human rights treaty bodies have engaged with individual states’ ...

Venezuela's government-allied National Assembly on Tuesday unanimously declared United Nations High Commissioner for Human ...