The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination also expressed concerns about racial profiling and the acceleration of propaganda online.

A United Nations special rapporteur warned Friday that air pollution is contributing to widespread human rights violations worldwide, calling on governments to take urgent action to reduce pollution ...

Five United Nations special rapporteurs expressed concern over potential human rights violations in an Oct. 14 letter to acting University President Claire Shipman, CC ’86, SIPA ’94, obtained by ...

Iranian authorities should immediately end the ongoing internet shutdown and communications restrictions, which place ...

In August 2025, the U.S Department of State released its annual "Country Reports on Human Rights Practices," which omitted previously reported human rights violations, including "political freedoms, ...

A U.N.-backed panel of independent experts focusing on racial discrimination says racist hate speech by U.S. President Donald Trump and other American political le ...

Human rights were not only violated in big public explosions. They were also violated by the relentless daily injustices of policies that affected where you lived and worked.

We, the undersigned civil society organizations, urge the UN Human Rights Council to urgently convene a special session to address an unprecedented escalation in mass unlawful killings of protesters, ...

The U.S. took aim at Nicaragua's regime over alleged human rights violations, announcing a designation against a prison official. "Today I’m designating Nicaraguan Prison Director Roberto Clemente ...

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has called on King Charles III to use President Bola Tinubu’s ...

GENEVA, Feb 5 (Reuters) - U.N. human rights chief Volker Turk appealed for $400 million on Thursday to address mounting human rights needs in countries such as Sudan and Myanmar, after donor funding ...

Hope Behind Bars Africa (HBBA), the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) and Accountability Lab have endorsed the proposed Human Rights Defenders Bill (HB 1867), describing it as ...