Demonstrators wave the American flag during a civil rights march in Jackson, Miss. on June 17, 1963. Black women’s contributions to human’s rights history are too often overlooked in our nation’s ...

Education has long been recognised not only as a development goal but as a human right and enabler of other rights (UNESCO, Right to Education Handbook, 2019). Yet this right remains unrealised for ...

In a landscape of seemingly increasing global crises, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) celebrated its 75th anniversary in December 2023. With the horrors of the second world war a ...

Human rights in the United States and abroad were central to the issues raised throughout the presidential debate last night between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump: 1.

How can the United States successfully promote human rights and democracy in the multi-polar and deeply divided world the country now faces? The Reagan administration’s approach, in which I was deeply ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio sits nearby as U.S. President Donald Trump meets with President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador in the Oval Office of the White House on April 14, 2025 in Washington, DC.

In just one week, President Donald Trump has launched the most systemic and aggressive assault on human rights in U.S. presidential history. While the first Trump administration made similar attempts ...

Older persons around the world frequently experience a wide range of human rights violations and abuses. The United Nations Human Rights Council’s decision to pursue an international treaty on the ...