Pope Leo XIV condemned the weakening of international multilateralism and the increased use of force in a speech to diplomats ...

Concerns were raised, for example, about the move under the new law to ban face coverings worn by protesters, which is ...

At the end of World War II, the U.S. and its allies made a compelling case that protecting and promoting human rights is not ...

We, the undersigned human rights organizations, note with alarm the number of arrests and incidents of harassment and violence against individuals and human rights defenders exercising their right to ...

We’ve made progress in many realms of civil rights over the past decades in the U.S. The rights of African Americans, women, gays and lesbians, and handicapped people have expanded, thanks in part to ...

The State Department released its long-awaited reports on international human rights Tuesday, and they drastically reduce the types of government repression and abuse that the United States under ...

Freedom of expression is one of the main means of making human rights violations visible, as well as their perpetrators, planners and those who protect those responsible. For these reasons, those in ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. How can the United States successfully promote human rights and democracy in the ...

Human rights activists and lawmakers in the United States are calling for Azerbaijan to end alleged abuses of civil society groups and ethnic Armenians ahead of a global climate change summit the ...

The Right to Protest Under Attack in the UK,” documents that the UK’s Labour government has failed to reverse sweeping ...

President Trump’s unconventional address to the United Nations General Assembly last week was short on specifics, but his administration’s recent actions have changed America’s human rights policy in ...