Ms. Callamard is the secretary general of Amnesty International. Mr. Borello is the acting executive director of Human Rights Watch. When the world emerged from the horrors of World War II and vowed ...

Spring 2025 will mark the 48th release of the U.S. Department of State’s annual congressionally mandated Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, commonly referred to as the Human Rights Reports ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Human rights scandals have marred World Cup tournaments for years, but FIFA is testing a new protocol requiring all host committees to develop action plans to protect human rights for ...

The State Department is pushing back against criticism of its changes to the process of reporting human rights abuses. NPR reported last week that the Trump administration was scaling back annual ...

In August 2025, the U.S Department of State released its annual "Country Reports on Human Rights Practices," which omitted previously reported human rights violations, including "political freedoms, ...

The State Department released its long-awaited reports on international human rights Tuesday, and they drastically reduce the types of government repression and abuse that the United States under ...

The United States has been publishing reports on human rights practices in other countries since 1977. Initially, only countries receiving foreign U.S. assistance were covered. Today, all countries ...

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At the end of World War II, the U.S. and its allies made a compelling case that protecting and promoting human rights is not only the right thing to do; it lays the foundation for a stable ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Today, Dec. 10, is Human Rights Day, a global reminder that dignity, equality, and freedom from discrimination are not abstract ...