Human Rights

The panel's lengthy exegesis of the Declaration contains at least six glaring omissions that have real-world consequences.

Its report displays an interpretative sneakiness, invoking the “founding era” and “founding principles” in a highly selective and under-inclusive way.

The world must show MBS, Putin, the IRGC, and other would-be princely assassins the heavy price they will pay for murdering their citizens abroad. 

It is crucial to call out US efforts to undermine the UN human rights system and erase the well-established framework of rights protections.

Parliament should ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture. Short of that, Prime Minister al-Kadhimi can take action.

A core component of post-9/11 counterterrorism policy has been the use of secretive and unaccountable killings of terrorism suspects. The killings must stop. Here's how the president…

The international community should ensure Chad’s military participation in countering terrorism does not come at the expense of freedoms for its citizens.

The draconian prosecution, trial and sentencing of Bahey eldin Hassan helps Egypt delegitimize human rights as central to counterterrorism.

A US willingness to consider mitigation will signal the true intent of sanctions against the ICC prosecutor and a division director.

With an influx of international security aid has come diplomatic cover for government corruption, impunity, and the consolidation of power.

The international community can unite in myriad ways to end the stunningly sweeping abuses China is committing against Uyghurs.

China’s “Strike Hard” campaign against Uighurs and other Muslim minorities in Xinjiang, ... questionably framed by the Chinese government as a counterterrorism operation,…