Human Rights

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,…

Ombudspersons face similar risks across the region, as autocratic ruling parties seek to remove independent checks on their control.

On the 45th anniversary of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, don't abandon it by leaving its crucial institutions without leadership.

Could ongoing health and racism pandemics in the United States help provoke "viral justice" as interests converge around human rights?

"The international community clearly has a political role to play, but a closer examination of how international accountability relates to domestic political dynamics is also critical,…

(Editor’s Note: This is the second of two articles discussing human rights violations against China’s Uyghur population. The first article, by Lisa Reinsberg, discusses the…

The letter, signed by 230 organizations, scholars, former officials, and advocates, explains five faulty conclusions central to the report’s thesis. It concludes by noting that…

General Comment No. 37 by the U.N. Human Rights Committee, the treaty body monitoring compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), was released…