A UN special rapporteur on Friday called on the UN Human Rights Council to increase human rights safeguards in junta-controlled Myanmar, contending that the cost of international inaction is a death ...

UN member countries should work to align the emerging United Nations tax convention with international human rights law to achieve its objective of advancing sustainable development.

The US-Israeli military operation against the Iranian regime has decapitated its leadership and brought freedom closer than ever to the Iranian people. It has also further exposed the once-respected ...

In 2020, the IACtHR held that states may denounce human rights treaties, but only within limits consistent with the protection of fundamental rights. Chirinos Salamanca implicitly extends that logic: ...

In times of conflict, such as in the escalating hostilities in the Middle East, governments committed to international law ...

Arusha. Three human rights courts from Africa, Europe, and the Americas have raised concern over the global increase in the use of force, warning that it undermines the rule of law and erodes ...

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights said that governments have a duty to more closely monitor firearms manufacturers and ...

FILE - A cross with a legend that reads in Spanish, "Sanctuary for memory," marks an area where bodies were exhumed, in what used to be part of the Cabitos military headquarters, in Huamanga, Peru, ...

Ms. Callamard is the secretary general of Amnesty International. Mr. Borello is the acting executive director of Human Rights Watch. When the world emerged from the horrors of World War II and vowed ...

The Protection of Prisoners’ Rights under International Human Rights Law: A Comparative Analysis of International Standards and the Kuwaiti Legal Framework This article examines the protection of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am an attorney who writes about ESG policy, laws, and regulations. In September, the European Law Institute held its annual ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am an attorney who writes about ESG policy, laws, and regulations. Mary Robinson speaks at the D'Alemberte and Palmer Lecture in ...