Although U.S. President Donald Trump has said little or nothing in public about defending human rights and freedoms abroad, both of his administrations have taken steps to reform the way that the ...

The United Nations Global Compact encourages businesses globally to align strategies with sustainable and ethical practices. Explore its 10 guiding principles for responsible business.

Continuing a trend observed in its last report, published in 2023, banks ranked lowest among Danish financial institutions in ...

Autonomous weapons systems present numerous risks to humanity, most of which infringe on fundamental obligations and principles of international human rights law. Such systems select and engage ...

On the heels of a tech-centric Summit for Democracy, the White House released a series of recommendations titled ‘Guiding Principles on Government Use of Surveillance Technologies,’ marking the ...

No one should be surprised that practical politics usually come before principle in the United Nations. China's success last week in the U.N. Human Rights Commission in blocking a U.S. resolution ...

I s academic freedom a basic human right? This was just one of many provocative questions I had never considered before attending a conference on Academic Freedom in the Americas a couple of months ...

A general election in Germany is expected in February 2025. In December 2024, Human Rights Watch wrote to political parties in Germany sharing an election briefing that sets out key priorities and ...

The motto of the United Nations is “peace, dignity and equality on a healthy planet”. Clearly the present state of the planet is in direct contrast to the UN's motto. The saddest and most disturbing ...