ATLANTA (AP) — Human rights scandals have marred World Cup tournaments for years, but FIFA is testing a new protocol requiring all host committees to develop action plans to protect human rights for ...

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 ...

Human rights are not just words on paper. Advocates, social movements and government champions have brought much needed positive changes by pushing for the adoption of international human rights ...

If Donald Trump’s second term is anything like his first, the incoming US president will not advance the cause of human rights. His foreign policy is more likely to harm democratic values around the ...

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, ...

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 – ...

For nearly half a century, the State Department has reported annually on human-rights conditions in countries around the world. The purpose of this exercise is not to cast aspersions, but to collect ...

Partha Konwar is Associate Project Officer (Communications) at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable ...

The State Department said the cuts were an effort to streamline the report. The State Department is out Monday with its long-delayed annual Human Rights Report, and this year's edition looks much ...

PETALING JAYA: Asean countries have grown more confident in addressing difficult human rights issues over the past decade, says Edmund Bon, marking a significant improvement from its more cautious ...