In the wake of the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti last month, thousands of its countrymen are reversing a trend that has dominated life in developing third world countries for decades—they ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A local organization recognized International Human Rights Week at the Islamic Center of Rochester. The event featured speakers from the New York State Council of Churches. The goal ...

Oct. 1 (UPI) --North Korea remains one of the world's most repressive regimes, systematically violating the rights of its 26 million people. For decades, U.S. and allied policy has focused primarily ...

The G-20, a group of nations that account for 80 percent of global GDP and two-thirds of the world’s population, met in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in mid-November amid grave economic and environmental ...

Aug. 14 (UPI) --North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is facing immense pressure and in 2023 and 2024 has implemented major policy changes due to his failed promises to the Korean people in the North. His ...

As the date for finalizing the UN Cybercrime Convention approaches, human rights organizations are warning that it threatens freedom of expression and normalizes domestic surveillance. After two and a ...

Since 2020, the five richest men in the world have doubled their fortunes while almost five billion people have become poorer. A growing sense of economic injustice and insecurity is contributing to ...

Ukraine is one of the most digitally advanced and integrated societies anywhere in the world. As the government of Ukraine and its international partners look to the post-war future and begin planning ...

The UK’ government’s “deregulatory” approach to artificial intelligence (AI) will fail to deal with the technology’s highly scalable harms, and could lead to further public disenfranchisement, the ...

Minister Thembi Simelane on human rights, dignity and the right to a home By Sihle MandaAs South Africa marks Human Rights Month and approaches three decades since the adoption of its Constitution, ...

A group of 45 UN human rights experts reaffirmed on Thursday that gender must remain central to the fight for equality and human rights worldwide. The statement was signed by UN special procedure ...