The mental health industry watchdog Citizens Commission on Human Rights International (CCHR) welcomed a major review that ...

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 ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A local organization recognized International Human Rights Week at the Islamic Center of Rochester. The event featured speakers from the New York State Council of Churches. The goal ...

One of the most important intellectual strands in public health over the last century has been the development of a health and human rights approach. This approach reflects the understanding that ...

The University of Dayton has a history of focus on human rights. Since 1997, we have held global conferences on emerging human rights and humanitarian issues, and established the Human Rights Center ...

The G-20, a group of nations that account for 80 percent of global GDP and two-thirds of the world’s population, met in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in mid-November amid grave economic and environmental ...

When I first joined the U.S. State Department’s Foreign Service, I was optimistic about the positive role the United States played in the world. By the time I left not quite a decade later, I was ...

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Human Rights Policy states: “Guided by its human rights approach, FIFA embeds its commitment throughout the organisation and engages in an ...

Protecting biodiversity is not only about saving nature for its own sake; it is fundamentally about safeguarding human rights ...

On 10 December 1948, a fledgling United Nations took a momentous step. In adopting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, it laid down a promise of a world to be rebuilt—after the horrors of ...

Many people, including animal advocates and others who want to grant legal rights (including personhood) to nonhuman animals, are often criticized for their views because others fear it will diminish ...