The ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), the growing criticism towards paternalistic and coercive models of ...
Human Rights Watch would like to congratulate the CEDAW Committee on the important work it has undertaking to develop this ...
Human rights and justice issues encompass the legal norms, institutional mechanisms and social practices through which societies seek to uphold fundamental freedoms, ensure accountability for abuses ...
Good afternoon, Representative McGovern and Representative Smith. Thank you for holding a hearing on this important and increasingly despairing topic. Human Rights Watch is an international ...
Indian supporters of Palestine hold watermelon slices during an anti-Israel protest on the occasion of International Human Rights Day, at the Freedom Park in Bengaluru on Dec. 10. The watermelons were ...
The National Conservatives could gain from a more thorough engagement with the human rights discourse. Editor’s Note: This article is part of the symposium “Human Rights in the Trump Era.” The full ...
In many ways, the place of human rights in US foreign policy is simply returning to its pre-World War II norm. Editor’s Note: This article is part of the symposium “Human Rights in the Trump Era.” The ...
Most of us are very sensitive to social justice issues, and UN organizations remind us of this at various times during the year. Within social justice however, nothing makes for a more substantive ...