The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights has raised concerns over the rising number of government critics who were apparently abducted, as four people were reported missing over the weekend.

John H. Knox has worked with the UN Environment Programme in the development of the Core Human Rights Principles for Private Conservation Organizations and Funders. From 2012 to 2018, he served as ...

Carter impressed the legendary Rolling Stone writer with a “king hell bastard of a speech” that foreshadowed his vindication of human rights.

“The Syrian people have endured more than a decade of brutal repression and conflict,” said Lama Fakih, Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch. “This is a critical ...

On this day 76 years ago, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), subsequently marking December 10th as International Human Rights Day. But nearly ...

As the world marks International Human Rights Day, there is little to celebrate in Kyrgyzstan. President Sadyr Japarov’s administration has been systematically cracking down on dissenting voices ...

Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world, Whereas ...

Human composting turns bodies into soil by speeding up “what happens on the forest floor,” according to Tom Harries, CEO of Earth Funeral, the human composting company the Muckenhoupt family ...

France reaffirms its commitment to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted on December 10, 1948, in Paris. This declaration enshrines the universal, indivisible, inalienable nature of human ...

From periods of rapid aging in our 40s and 60s to ancient brains that don’t decompose, here are some of the year’s most intriguing stories about human biology It can sometimes feel like health ...

Watch the film, feel their strength, and take action this International Human Rights Day. "This film is an invitation. It asks the audience to step into someone else’s world. To feel what she feels, ...

Jimmy Carter was the first U_S_ president to make a state visit to sub-Saharan Africa, declaring “the day of the so-called ugly American is over.” The Latest Jimmy Carter’s long public ...