This October marks 60 years since Britain accepted the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights. The timing of the ...

NGOs tell UN rights council that the country’s delivery on child rights, gender violence, and equity remains poor.

LGBTQ rights endure when they are written into or otherwise grounded in national constitutions; culturally normalized across ...

The Italian Constitutional Court’s recent ruling upholding a law that imposes sanctions on sea rescue groups casts a dark shadow over sea rescue, but that cloud has a silver lining.

In the midst of the Women’s Euro football championship in Geneva, Volker Türk, the UN human rights chief, called on Member ...

President Noboa was elected to fight spiraling gang violence, but serious abuses are being reported under his crackdown.

At least 50 people have been killed in a massive fire that swept through a shopping malll in Iraq, according to Iraq's state ...

Greece has suspended the ability for people coming by boat via North Africa to seek asylum –violating their rights, potentially putting their lives at risk and flouting its obligations under EU law.

For the first time in history, New Yorkers will be able to file discrimination reports over the phone with the launch of the ...

Rights group urges government to adopt laws defining clear procedures, criteria for granting refugee status, asylum, under international legal standards - Anadolu Ajansı ...

Ongoing sectarian violence in Sweida has led to hundreds of deaths, including many Druze civilians allegedly executed by Syrian government forces, exacerbating fears of human rights violations.