By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, Feb 5 (Reuters) - U.N. human rights chief Volker Turk appealed for $400 million on Thursday to ...

A burned Lake Zumpango in the State of Mexico gone dry from drought, urbanization and water mismanagement. (William Savinar/Courthouse News) (CN) — The Inter-American Court of Human Rights established ...

Washington (CNN) — The US State Department on Tuesday released a pared-down version of its annual report meant to catalogue human rights concerns in countries around the world. The report covers the ...

WASHINGTON, Aug 12 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration has scaled back a key U.S. government report on human rights worldwide, dramatically softening criticism of some countries that ...

As the world prepares to commemorate the Feast of Saint Josephine Bakhita on February 7, an extraordinary movement against ...

Kathmandu, Jan. 25 -- Representatives from more than 100 countries took part in Nepal's Universal Periodic Review in Geneva, ...

Human rights groups have called conditions in the country’s network of migrant detention centers “horrific” and “deplorable.” By Eric Schmitt Hamed Aleaziz Maggie Haberman and Michael Crowley ...

Ilana Fischer ([email protected]), Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. K. M. Venkat Narayan, Emory University. Karen R. Siegel, Emory University. At this time, global agricultural policies encourage ...

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a tool to measure human prosperity. Learn how it works, as well as the criticisms and ...