I recently had the opportunity to give a presentation to a group of human rights workers during a training at Human Rights Watch. As is always the case when I prepare and deliver a presentation, and ...

“We have to continue walking…We still have to cover a long distance, but we are in the right direction.” The event took place 20 March during the 69th Commission on the Status of Women, a panel of ...

The horrors of the Second World War spurred countries throughout the world to come together to draft the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). On December 10, this critical international ...

DALLAS — Before Travis Skyers takes any stage, he has a routine. “A mantra that my mom taught me is what three things that can no longer be hidden. The sun, the moon and the truth,” said Skyers, a ...

Human rights are under a full-scale attack around the world, United Nations Secretary‑General warns at the Human Rights Council in Geneva.

Adriana Smith was a 30-year-old mother and nurse. She was two months pregnant when she went to an Atlanta emergency room with intense headaches. She was given medication and sent home, but the next ...

Human Rights Day was celebrated around the world earlier this month with little fanfare in the United States. This annual observance acknowledges Dec. 10, 1948, when the United Nations General ...

In today’s edition of the Daily Brief, I’m in the underground tram station at Parvis de Saint-Gilles (Sint-Gillisvoorplein) in Brussels, Belgium. (watch video) The reason why is that today is Human ...

President Trump’s unconventional address to the United Nations General Assembly last week was short on specifics, but his administration’s recent actions have changed America’s human rights policy in ...

I believe in the cause of universal human rights. The presentation was far-ranging, moving from basic trauma theory, to a discussion of dissociation as a response to distress, moral injury (more on ...

President Trump’s unconventional address to the United Nations General Assembly last week was short on specifics, but his administration’s recent actions have changed America’s human rights policy in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Trump’s unconventional address to the United Nations General Assembly last week was short on specifics, but his ...