For most of human history, large societies have drawn clear lines between people who belong to the in-group and those who do ...

Human Rights Day 2025 is observed on December 10 with the theme “Human Rights, Our Everyday Essentials.” Here's the meaning, ...

Human Rights Day 2025 will be observed today, on 10 December, highlighting the theme 'Our Everyday Essentials.' Know its ...

Assessing an influential revisionist account. This prosaic translation may well be the hasty work of a museum curator or cover designer. But it's an apt metaphor for how the deep, complex, layered, ...

Demonstrators wave the American flag during a civil rights march in Jackson, Miss. on June 17, 1963. Demonstrators wave the American flag during a civil rights march in Jackson, Miss. on June 17, 1963 ...

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted by the United Nations’ General Assembly in 1948. It was the first attempt to create a global standard of human rights – to define what ...

COMMENTARY: The document’s Dec. 10 anniversary is a reminder not to give up on its noble aim of recognizing the dignity of each and every human being. Eleanor Roosevelt holding poster of the Universal ...

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 ...

It is observed annually on December 10 to commemorate the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).

Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, regardless of race, sex, nationality, ethnicity, language, religion, or any other status. Human rights include the right to life and liberty, ...