Philippe Sands, one of the world’s pre-eminent human rights attorneys, is arguing the case against Myanmar at The Hague.

A Chilean scholar argues sovereignty must adapt to the realities of the digital age, balancing state autonomy with the ...

Human Rights First deplores President Trump’s reckless decision to defund and withdraw from  multilateral organizations and ...

UN human rights experts have called on Egypt to lift ongoing restrictions on human rights defenders who have been released from detention, in line with international human rights standards.  The ...

The Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission exhumed the remains of people killed during two decades of conflict between the government and armed opposition groups. The commission used the ...

CFR scholars provide expert analysis and commentary on international issues. Catherine Powell, an adjunct senior fellow for women and foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, is the former ...

Indonesia will chair the UN Human Rights Council in 2026, hailed by officials as recognition of its international standing, ...

President Trump’s unconventional address to the United Nations General Assembly last week was short on specifics, but his administration’s recent actions have changed America’s human rights policy in ...

I once heard Jimmy Carter say that in a war there are no human rights. With the fighting in Ukraine and in Gaza front and center, that observation seems more profound than ever. Human rights as an ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. The international human rights scene is dominated by two huge organizations, Human ...

Amid the ongoing tensions in Iran, China called for restraint and said it opposes the use of force in international relations ...