Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world, Whereas disregard ...

The seventy-fifth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in December 2023 was an opportunity to re-examine the work of Eleanor Roosevelt and her colleagues in the United Nations as ...

Kathryn McNeilly has received funding from the Leverhulme Trust. In a landscape of seemingly increasing global crises, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) celebrated its 75th anniversary ...

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights—adopted in 1948 by the United Nations General Assembly to set a framework for the pursuit of human rights globally—recognizes workers’ rights as essential to ...

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 ...

Human rights are basic entitlements, such as the right to life, privacy, and freedom from torture, enshrined in the 30 articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948. In Pakistan, these ...

No one likes or chooses to be a refugee. To be a refugee means more than being simply a foreigner. It means living in exile. According to the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, a ...

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 ...