The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was adopted by the UN General Assembly on 10 December 1948, was the result of the experience of the Second World War. With the end of that war ...

Egyptian officials appear to be banking on this strategic linkage to deflect attention from the country's poor human rights record. President Hosni Mubarak told an interviewer recently that human ...

Human rights and social justice are the moral pillars upon which a fair and equitable society is built. They signify the ...

Rampant poverty and stark inequalities, both within and across countries, serve as a constant reminder that the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the fundamental principles of ...

Although human rights abuses against women and girls are ... ignore both the issues of disabled people and issues of gender. Background on the Draft Convention on the Protection and Promotion ...

Respect for human rights is one of the founding values of the European Union and a fundamental aspect of its external relations. The EU is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, ...