The Latest Breaking News from Human Rights

Germany and Iceland submitted a request on Friday on behalf of dozens of countries to hold a special session at the U.N. Human Rights Council on the ongoing protests in Iran later this month, a document showed.

UN member states ask India to protect minority rights and freedom of speech, but New Delhi defends its rights record.

Global spotlight on host country has heightened scrutiny of human rights record, with Biden due to meet Sisi

Taiwan, Ukraine, human rights and North Korea expected to be discussed by US and Chinese presidents

FIFA has turned down Denmark’s request to include the text ‘human rights for all’ on their World Cup training shirts

The Dutch World Cup squad will meet a group of migrant workers in Qatar after a training session ahead of the team’s first match as part of the Dutch soccer federation’s push to promote human rights at the tournament

The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution Thursday accusing the Taliban of violating the human rights of Afghan women and girls, failing to establish a representative government, and plunging the country into “dire economic, humanitarian and social conditions.” The resolution also pointed to persistent violence in the country since the…

UN calls for international action as regime announces public trials for protesters and Iranian lawmakers seek harsh punishment

Across the world, scores of countries still require transgender people to submit to sterilizing surgeries before their genders are legally recognized