President Obama presents the 2009 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award to Magodonga Mahlangu.

Jim and Tracy learn that in nations like Sierra Leone children as young as 12 are forced to smile, wave, and shake hands unti...

Twenty years after the United Nations Adopted a treaty guaranteeing children's rights, one billion children are still deprive...

Many supporters of the Beijing Olympics argue that hosting the Games will ultimately lead to a more open China. So have the s...

United Nations rights experts plan to renew calls for the U.S. to close the Guantanamo Bay prison for terror suspects in an a...

Nearly five years after the arrival of the first detainees at the Guantanamo Bay Prison, the Human Rights Watch again calls f...

Sign-up at WWW.UNWATCH.ORG -- Prequel to the banned UN Watch speech of March 23rd reveals the invective and truly offensive s...

A new report - by Amnesty International - accuses Israel of using "excessive force" in violation of the international laws of...

Arab ministers are meeting to assess the state of human rights in the region.

Join a global demonstration in support of human rights and Amnesty International. On 10 December: Celebrate Human Rights Day ...