Unlike the more mainstream phrase “reproductive rights,” reproductive justice goes beyond abortion access. The social justice and human rights movement embracing health care access for all has grown ...

The Trump administration is substantially scaling back the State Department's annual reports on international human rights to remove longstanding critiques of abuses such as harsh prison conditions, ...

Spring 2025 will mark the 48th release of the U.S. Department of State’s annual congressionally mandated Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, commonly referred to as the Human Rights Reports ...

Black women’s contributions to human’s rights history are too often overlooked in our nation’s history books. Yet these women played a vital role in the fight to secure righ ...

GENEVA, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Russia missed out on a bid to return to the United Nations' top human rights body on Tuesday, losing a vote to Albania and Bulgaria at the General Assembly in New York. Here ...

A country’s gross domestic product (GDP), which measures total economic output, is central to how governments assess their ...

Volker Türk has the greatest respect for those able to hold onto hope when all appears to be lost. As United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, he has devoted his life and career to helping ...

A United Nations letter to Colombia warns that mercury contamination from illegal gold mining in the Atrato River basin is ...