Together with the UDHR, the Covenants comprise the International Bill of Human Rights. Over time, international human rights treaties have become more focused and specialized regarding both the ...

J. Roberts traces these contemporary conflicts back to their moments of inception and shows how more than a half century ago a series of contradictions worked their way into the International Bill of ...

In February 1947, a group consisting of Eleanor Roosevelt, Pen-Chun Chang and Charles Malik began drafting the International Bill of Human Rights. With assistance of the UN Secretariat ...

The principal international human rights documents clearly protect the human rights of prisoners. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the Convention Against ...

Thousands could be left without protection from slavery and other human rights abuses as a result of a loophole in the ...

Campaigners are angry the Human Rights Bill, which they have said is crucial, has been shelved. The proposals by the Scottish Government would see international laws on human rights incorporated ...

The groups also say the report fails to consult credible external stakeholders, such as Saudi human rights experts. Read more ...

The Ohio Senate on Wednesday greenlit a bill that would ban transgender students from using locker rooms and bathrooms ...

The Armenian government’s bill for the mandatory installation of video surveillance systems with 24-hour police access ...

there are a range of human rights issues to consider within the UK. See how we're fighting for our fundamental rights here at home. Bill of Rights Reviving the Bill of Rights is dangerous, ill-advised ...

Civil rights groups worry the House is about to give the incoming president carte blanche to go after opponents ...

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has ruled that the Guatemalan government was responsible for human rights violations in the disappearances of four Indigenous human rights defenders in 1989 ...