In any case, while researching the recent presentation, I found my attention drawn to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). It was demanded by the necessities arising from the horror and ...

December marked Universal Human Rights Awareness Month, a global reminder that across borders, cultures and generations we are all human and all equal.

This December 10, 2008, marks the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) by 48 countries — almost the entire membership of the U.N. at the time. The UDHR ...

I recently had the opportunity to give a presentation to a group of human rights workers during a training at Human Rights Watch. As is always the case when I prepare and deliver a presentation, and ...

The U.S. government has long had an ambivalent approach toward economic, social, and cultural rights (ESCR). The United States played a central role in articulating these rights and ensuring that they ...