The Heritage Foundation has become increasingly concerned about the harmful evolution of international human rights. This evolution diminishes their credibility as truly universal norms, prospects for ...

Disregard for human rights is widespread. We see egregious and systematic human rights violations; rampant impunity; rising hate speech, misogyny, exclusion and discrimination; social polarization and ...

The right to form and join trade unions, to collectively bargain and to strike are universal human rights. And these rights have been our cause since our beginning. Find out more about our work with ...

From June 11 to 12, 2026, Beijing hosted the Forum on Global Human Rights Governance, bringing together hundreds of participants from more than 100 countries and regions, alongside representatives of ...

The US State Department on Tuesday released a pared-down version of its annual report meant to catalogue human rights concerns in countries around the world. The report covers the 2024 calendar year – ...

International human rights law lays down the obligations of Governments to act in certain ways or to refrain from certain acts, in order to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms of ...

Autonomous weapons systems present numerous risks to humanity, most of which infringe on fundamental obligations and principles of international human rights law. Such systems select and engage ...

It exists in virtually every culture in the world today. Even where it is prohibited or illegal it creeps into schools, homes, workplaces and out on to the street. </p>Violence against women is a ...