Human rights work generally represents the opposite end of the spectrum—long-term, often hazardous work of unclear efficacy, with infrequent but often momentous victories. It is a complement of direct ...

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights will mark its 77th anniversary on Dec. 10. The document was adopted by the United Nations on Dec. 10, 1948, thanks in no small measure to the efforts of ...

The horrors of the Second World War spurred countries throughout the world to come together to draft the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). On December 10, this critical international ...

Have ready a copy of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, prepared on an overhead transparency. Make copies of Chapter 2, "Safeguarding asylum", from The State of the World's Refugees: Human ...

I recently had the opportunity to give a presentation to a group of human rights workers during a training at Human Rights Watch. As is always the case when I prepare and deliver a presentation, and ...

I stand before the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, France, on December 11, 1948. Yesterday, the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, comprising a preamble and 30 ...