Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Although U.S. President Donald Trump has said little or nothing in public about defending human rights and freedoms abroad, both ...

Human rights are not just words on paper. Advocates, social movements and government champions have brought much needed positive changes by pushing for the adoption of international human rights ...

Human rights and the rights of nature are the two missing links in the international community’s efforts aimed at achieving ...

Today the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Business and Human Rights, Professor John Ruggie, posted the draft “Guiding Principles for the Implementation of the UN ...

Today, CEOs must prioritize human rights. From wages to working conditions, human rights issues can’t be cast as a philanthropic effort anymore. That’s because a growing global regulatory regime is ...

The National Human Rights Committee launches its annual awareness campaign under the slogan "Towards a Society Aware of Its Rights." ...

Countries enforcing race or gender diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies will now be at risk of the Trump administration deeming them as infringing on human rights. The State Department is ...

Human Rights Watch mourns the loss of Jimmy Carter, who made trailblazing contributions to the human rights movement during his US presidency and long afterward. Carter created a foreign policy agenda ...

Editor’s Note: Carine Coudeville is vice president for human rights at TotalEnergies, a French energy and petroleum company that produces a range of energy products, including oil, biofuels, natural ...

Corporate accountability for human rights and the environment, including climate change, remains a key challenge of our times ...

The RCMP's so-called "Native Extremism" program reportedly saw the agency infiltrate the 1970s Indigenous rights movement in ...

The motto of the United Nations is “peace, dignity and equality on a healthy planet”. Clearly the present state of the planet is in direct contrast to the UN's motto. The saddest and most disturbing ...