Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland is leading a group of Democrats seeking answers about violence against Palestinians in ...

In the face of a court ruling that said the Nova Scotia government cannot deny people living in tents enhanced income support ...

Amazon is stepping into human rights. As part of a new initiative, the tech giant will support a working group within the ...

San Francisco's former Human Rights Commission executive director may have coordinated the hiring of her sister to run a city ...

Human Rights Watch and three other advocacy groups have sued the Trump administration to challenge its campaign against the International Criminal Court ...

U.N. human rights chief Volker Türk won a second term Friday despite opposition from the United States, Russia and Israel to keep him in one of the most controversial United Nations posts for four mor ...

Human Rights Watch says Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have forcibly disappeared six staff members from a local organization focused on women's and children's rights.

Iran's expected election to a United Nations committee on human rights and counterterrorism is called "Orwellian" by UN Watch's Hillel Neuer.

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Human rights conditions in Myanmar have sunk to a new low, with widespread ...

The government would continue to uphold its principle of caring for new immigrants so that everyone living together in Taiwan ...

GENEVA, Switzerland — The already dire human rights situation in Myanmar has plunged to a "new low," the United Nations warned in a report on Tuesday, with illegal mining and scam centers fueling the ...

The proposed laws would introduce lifetime use rights for people who gift property, overhaul the National Human Rights ...