Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. This year marked the tenth anniversary of the establishment of a Commission of ...
As democratic institutions and global cooperation come under strain, this article identifies ten human rights issues shaping ...
President Trump’s unconventional address to the United Nations General Assembly last week was short on specifics, but his administration’s recent actions have changed America’s human rights policy in ...
What did you learn from Human Rights Watch’s videos this year? Whether you watched HRW advocates address the European ...
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 ...
Amnesty International on Thursday warned that the abrupt suspension of US foreign aid has put human rights and millions of lives at risk globally by halting critical programs such as the provision of ...
Thank you Chairs, Honourable Members of the European Parliament, Thank you for the invitation to address this subcommittee and the delegation. The forthcoming first EU-Central Asia summit marks a new ...
The State Department released its long-awaited reports on international human rights Tuesday, and they drastically reduce the types of government repression and abuse that the United States under ...
Dec. 10 marks the anniversary of the 1948 signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations in the aftermath of the Holocaust. Though contested, imperfect and ...