Australia violated the rights of asylum seekers arbitrarily detained on the island of Nauru, a UN watchdog ruled Thursday, in ...

A U.N. committee found that Australia violated a human rights treaty by detaining a group of asylum seekers, including minors ...

The UN Human Rights Committee found 24 young detainees on Nauru experienced “cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment”. But are ...

A group of UN human rights experts is urging the U.S. Senate to block a bill that seeks to punish the International Criminal ...

The motto of the United Nations is “peace, dignity and equality on a healthy planet”. Clearly the present state of the planet ...

Carter’s life reflected a deep commitment to equality, justice, peace, and human rights. His vision of fair global relations ...

The UN Human Rights Committee has asked Australia to provide compensation to the victims and to ensure similar violations do ...

This submission details Human Rights Watch’s key concerns regarding Kazakhstan’s compliance with international human rights ...

Volker Türk,the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, says regulating online content is not censorship.

Euro-Med Monitor says Israel should be included in the UN’s blacklist of entities suspected of perpetrating sexual violence in conflicts.

Haiti’s record violence highlights systemic issues of displacement, human rights abuses, and violence against women, with the ...

The late US President Jimmy Carter’s human rights legacy includes his role long after leaving office in 1981. His partnership ...