United Nations member states began negotiating a first-ever treaty on international tax cooperation that could replace the ...

Adopted in 1948, the UDHR has inspired a rich body of legally binding international human rights treaties. It continues to be an inspiration to us all whether in addressing injustices, in times of ...

conducted an independent academic study in collaboration with the OHCHR into the domestic impact of the UN human rights treaty system. The study covers the 20 countries where the researchers are based ...

President Donald Trump has announced that the United States will withdraw from the U.N.’s top human rights body and will not ...

Human rights are not just words on paper. Advocates, social movements and government champions have brought much needed ...

A UN committee has found that Australia violated a human rights treaty by detaining a group of asylum seekers, including minors, on Nauru even after they were granted refugee status. The UN has ...

GENEVA/SYDNEY, Jan 10 (Reuters) - A U.N. committee found that Australia violated a human rights treaty by detaining a group of asylum seekers, including minors, on the remote Pacific island of ...

The UN's human rights committee handed down findings overnight ... have been in serious breach of international conventions and treaties," he said.

The U.S., U.K., and the EU have come together to sign the first legally binding treaty on artificial intelligence, to ensure that AI use aligns with human rights, democracy, and the rule of law.

In 1950, the CoE adopted the European Convention of Human Rights, an international treaty drafted to protect human rights and liberties. As is standard in international treaties, an enforcement ...