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 – ...

Twenty-five domestic and international human rights organizations, including Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the Transition Justice Working Group (TJWG), issued a statement welcoming the South Korean ...

Human rights are universal, inalienable and indivisible. Everyone is entitled to exercise their human rights, without discrimination. Respect for human rights is one of the founding values of the ...

The United States has been publishing reports on human rights practices in other countries since 1977. Initially, only countries receiving foreign U.S. assistance were covered. Today, all countries ...

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted by the United Nations’ General Assembly in 1948. It was the first attempt to create a global standard of human rights – to define what ...

This resource introduces students to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). It was the first attempt to create a global standard of human rights – to define what human rights are and what ...