Human Rights Watch mourns the loss of Jimmy Carter, who made trailblazing contributions to the human rights movement during ...

Police and other security forces have used brutal violence against largely peaceful protesters in Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi, ...

The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention against Cybercrime on December 24, despite widespread concerns ...

The world’s leading experts on hunger, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Famine Review Committee, found ...

US President Joe Biden announced on December 23, 2024 that he is commuting the sentences of 37 people on federal death row.

This famous Afghan saying eloquently expresses a duality in human nature—our remarkable resilience in facing adversity, yet our vulnerability to spiritual and emotional wounds. It speaks to the ...

Despite great strides made by the international women’s rights movement over many years, women and girls around the world are still married as children or trafficked into forced labor and sex ...