In the wake of the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti last month, thousands of its countrymen are reversing a trend that has dominated life in developing third world countries for decades—they ...

The Human Rights Foundation has announced its latest round of grants, totaling 800 million satoshis worth over $874,000. Today, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) announced its most recent round of ...

Dar es Salaam. A Tanzanian human rights lawyer and advocate, Mr Onesmo Olengurumwa, has emerged as one of the leading global contenders for the position of United Nations Special Rapporteur on the ...

THE Government of Guyana has unveiled the largest national budget in the country’s history, valued at $1.558 trillion, which Minister of Parliamentary Affairs ...

A new study by the University of Portsmouth calls for human rights to be at the heart of any economic development. Published in the Business and Human Rights Journal, the study by Professor Leïla ...

Today, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) announced its most recent round of Bitcoin Development Fund grants, in a press release sent to Bitcoin Magazine. 700,000,000 satoshis (7 BTC) currently worth ...

Partha Konwar is Associate Project Officer (Communications) at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable ...

*This brief has been updated to reflect new Concluding Observations made by UN Treaty Bodies as of July 8, 2025. Tax policy is inextricably bound up with governments’ human rights obligations. Under ...

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 ...

Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum is Professor of Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law; and Director, Cardozo Law Institute in Holocaust and Human Rights and the Benjamin B. Ferencz Human Rights and ...