The value of the UPR for promoting digital rights comes from its ability to shape human rights norms (through the provision ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr Ewelina U Ochab is a Forbes contributor, lawyer, and author. December 10 marked the United Nations Human Rights Day, a day ...

COMMENTARY: The document’s Dec. 10 anniversary is a reminder not to give up on its noble aim of recognizing the dignity of each and every human being. Eleanor Roosevelt holding poster of the Universal ...

On December 10, the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) will reach its three-quarters of a century milestone. Adopted on the same day by the UN General Assembly in 1948, the ...

75 years ago - December 10, 1948 - the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris. There are 2 reasons in particular to be hopeful. They have ...

ALMOST half of the British public back remaining within the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), nearly twice the ...

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted by the United Nations’ General Assembly in 1948. It was the first attempt to create a global standard of human rights – to define what ...

The deliberate denial of information to 26 million Koreans living under the Kim family regime is not simply censorship -- it is a crime against human dignity.

The Council of Europe’s secretary general Alain Berset told the BBC he was open to engage on migration issues over the treaty ...

America did not invent the idea of human rights, but no nation more closely incorporates those ideals into its founding and character. The notion that all men are created equal and are endowed by God ...

Test your knowledge about this UNAI principle with the UNAI Quiz!! Scroll down to the bottom of this article to find the answers. 1. What can be defined as human rights? a) Those benefits granted to ...

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 ...