The U_N_ human rights chief is warning that the world is at an especially dangerous moment in history, with disregard and ...

The UN’s top human rights official has told UN News that it’s not human rights themselves that are in crisis – but rather ...

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was adopted by the UN General Assembly on 10 December 1948, was the result of the experience of the Second World War. With the end of that war ...

Nehring, Holger 2011. ‘Civility’ in history: some observations on the history of the concept. European Review of History: Revue europeenne d'histoire, Vol. 18, Issue. 3, p. 313. Demshuk, Andrew 2012.

This study reviews current practice in the human rights policy field and draws together experiences that form the core of current evidence regarding the contribution of human rights to development.

Today, International Safe Abortion Day, France reaffirms the importance of defending, throughout the world, everyone’s right to freedom over their own bodies. This inalienable right is crucial for the ...

The UN Human Rights Council renewed the mandate of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan, stressing its condemnation of the ongoing conflict between the parties and its ...