Human rights are rights that are inherent to all human beings regardless of their race, gender identity, place of birth, ...

The U.N. human rights chief is warning that the world is at an especially dangerous moment in history, with disregard and disrespect for international law “is reaching a deafening crescendo.” Volker T ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A human rights lawyer and activist missing for nearly a week in southern Mexico regularly received threats related to her work. Sandra Estefana Domínguez Martínez and her ...

National Assembly Speaker, Dr. Moses Wetang'ula, has urged Western nations to reconsider their immigration policies to better ...

The United Nations General Assembly has elected Kenya as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council for a three-year ...

(CNN) — Ethel Kennedy, the widow of former US Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and a longtime human rights activist, died Thursday, her family said. She was 96. Former Massachusetts Rep.

The Human Bean's Kathryn Braet and Claire Hawkins stopped by Sunrise to talk with Emily Storm about "Coffee for a Cure".

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s human rights ombudsman has urged international organizations to respond to a claim that several Ukrainian prisoners of war were executed in Russia’s Kursk ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Saudi Arabia was defeated for a seat in the U.N.’s premier human rights body Wednesday after a campaign by rights groups urging the world body’s members to reject its bid.