Russian authorities have banned nine groups that provide support to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people as ...

The Council extended the framework for restrictive measures against those responsible for serious human rights violations and abuses in Russia and for the repression of civil society and democratic ...

UN Watch today released “From Watchdogs to Ideologues,” a 104-page investigation finding that the United Nations’ top human ...

As European Union commissioners prepare for their April 29 security college meeting on China’s influence on EU security, they ...

The European Union is deeply concerned about the continuing deterioration of the human rights situation in Russia, especially in the context of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine. The EU ...

RightsCon, the world’s largest digital rights conference, was canceled this year due to pressure from the Chinese government, according to the nonprofit organization that organizes the annual event.

Human rights jurisprudence and social justice intersect in a dynamic field that has progressed from a narrow emphasis on civil and political liberties towards an integrated approach encompassing ...

International human rights law comprises a universal framework established through treaties, conventions and customary norms to protect fundamental rights across states. Its core instruments, ...

PALO ALTO, Calif.—Rule #1 when testing humanoid robots: Be nice. You know why; you’ve seen the movies. And Neo looks like it marched straight out of one. The 5-foot-6-inch robot shuffled to the ...

Catherine Powell, an adjunct senior fellow for women and foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, is the former White House National Security Council human rights director. Desirée Cormier ...

LONDON/GENEVA Aug 28 (Reuters) - The United States will not participate in a U.N. review of its human rights record, officials said, a move that rights advocates called a worrying retreat from ...

All humans today are members of the modern human species Homo sapiens — Latin for "knowing man." But we're far from the only humans who ever existed. Fossils are revealing more and more about early ...