The very purpose of declared human rights is to remind governing powers and their legislature of our humanity. That is what ...

Universality was supposed to be the promise of human rights. Yet it’s been broken countless times. So how can we still ...

During the summer, as Britain’s government allowed Nigel Farage free rein on the airwaves, he was bloviating about leaving ...

Florida’s educational system has again found itself in the national spotlight after it became the first in the country to ...

We hear a lot about human rights, but what are they? Well, first of all, they're an idea: the idea that we are all born with the same rights and freedoms, as human beings. The idea was written down ...

National Coordinator of the Civil Society Network on Migration and Development, Obiezu, says the policy offers a holistic ...

The United States’ decision to withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council and, consequently, from this year’s Universal ...

W hen America’s Founders wrote the declaration that gave birth to the new nation, they began by saying that “a decent respect ...

Digital platforms have a responsibility to protect human rights defenders, even when threats are not explicit. Independent ...

For years, Samira Mohyeddin kept a Globe and Mail clipping about the doctor who revealed the truth about Iran’s role in the ...

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Friday called for Iranian authorities to release an arrested newspaper editor, claiming his detention represent deliberate efforts to restrict ...

Oil is sweet. Never mind if it is categorized as sour, sweet or light; oil is always sweet and smoothens the  throats of the ...