As the world marks Universal Human Rights Day on Wednesday, the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta is inviting the public to explore its newly renovated galleries—completely free of ...

Human Rights Day is celebrated every year on December 10 to honor the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in 1948. This important day reminds us of the basic freedoms and ...

I recently had the opportunity to give a presentation to a group of human rights workers during a training at Human Rights Watch. As is always the case when I prepare and deliver a presentation, and ...

One of the supreme achievements of the victory against 20th-century fascism was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. As ...

The horrors of the Second World War spurred countries throughout the world to come together to draft the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). On December 10, this critical international ...

Demonstrators wave the American flag during a civil rights march in Jackson, Miss. on June 17, 1963. Demonstrators wave the American flag during a civil rights march in Jackson, Miss. on June 17, 1963 ...

December 10, 2025 was marked as International Human Rights Day across the world, to emphasise the values that promote human dignity. The theme for this year's Day was 'Human Rights, Our Everyday ...

President Trump’s unconventional address to the United Nations General Assembly last week was short on specifics, but his administration’s recent actions have changed America’s human rights policy in ...

CFR scholars provide expert analysis and commentary on international issues. Catherine Powell, an adjunct senior fellow for women and foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, is the former ...

This submission highlights Human Rights Watch’s concerns regarding the human rights situation in Egypt. Since Egypt’s last Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in 2019, Egyptian authorities continued to ...