A new UN report says life in North Korea has worsened over the past decade, with the regime using harsh laws and access to food to keep the population under control.The people of North Korea endure ...

Fifteen years ago, Kenya unveiled a new Constitution hailed across the continent as a democratic milestone - a blueprint for healing a country scarred by political violence, inequality, and repression ...

To be more effective, the US human rights policy needs to focus on three basic principles. Editor’s Note: This article is part of the symposium “Human Rights in the Trump Era.” The full symposium can ...

Abusive governments are always pushing back against human rights groups. It’s an uneven fight, of course. Governments have power. Human rights defenders are underdogs, armed only with research, the ...

The United Nations "Human Rights" Council is attempting an end-run around the Trump administration’s well-founded criticism. An incendiary draft resolution, set for a vote next week, promises to ...

The United States has been publishing reports on human rights practices in other countries since 1977. Initially, only countries receiving foreign U.S. assistance were covered. Today, all countries ...