We’ve made progress in many realms of civil rights over the past decades in the U.S. The rights of African Americans, women, gays and lesbians, and handicapped people have expanded, thanks in part to ...

We write in advance of the 100th pre-session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (the “Committee”) and its review of Uganda. This submission focuses on children’s adequate standard of living, ...

Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to provide input to inform the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights’ report on the rights of the child and violations of human rights in armed ...

Child abandonment, domestic violence & other violations against vulnerable groups accounted for the bulk of the 3,019 ...

MEXICO CITY, December 22 (UNHCR) - The New Year is going to be an exciting time for 12-year-old Alejandra and her 10-year-old brother Eduardo. The two Colombian children have been appointed members of ...

This is not about religion, ethnicity, or nationality. It is about fellow human beings whose dignity is being crushed. Defending them is not a left wing or right wing cause; it is the plain demand of ...

Children’s educational content creator Ms. Rachel broke her silence to defend the “human rights” of Palestinian children on Thursday, a week after a pro-Israel group urged the Department of Justice to ...

Independent producer Uday Jhunjhunwala has unveiled the establishment of a fund, fiscally sponsored by Desipina Productions, for film, theater, prose and poetry projects centered on international ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) in a report released Wednesday raised concerns over the forcible recruitment of children into a youth group associated with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). HRW interviewed ...

Authorities continue to discriminate against women, arbitrarily detain children, shut down civic space, and pressure human rights defenders. This statement was originally published on ...

Independent producer Uday Jhunjhunwala has unveiled the establishment of a fund, fiscally sponsored by Desipina Productions, for film, theater, prose and poetry projects centered on international ...