The political head of the body that oversees the European Convention on Human Rights has told the BBC that it is "absolutely ...

The Council of Europe’s secretary general Alain Berset told the BBC he was open to engage on migration issues over the treaty ...

Parliamentarians are making decisions today that will define Australia’s compliance with international law for years to come.

The European Convention on Human Rights is exactly 75 years old. When it was agreed in November 1950, it was intended as a ...

Ms. Callamard is the secretary general of Amnesty International. Mr. Borello is the acting executive director of Human Rights Watch. When the world emerged from the horrors of World War II and vowed ...

As authoritarianism spikes, legal professionals are increasingly in peril because of the clients they are willing to defend, ...

The verdict came after a five-week trial in which plaintiffs attorneys argued that Sudan would not have been able to commit its crimes against humanity in the early 2000s, when the country was ruled ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Human rights scandals have marred World Cup tournaments for years, but FIFA is testing a new protocol requiring all host committees to develop action plans to protect human rights for ...

Hungary's ban on school talks about sexuality or transgender issues is "an affront to human rights", Britain's first Special ...

The UN's human rights chief has condemned US military strikes on vessels allegedly carrying drugs in the Caribbean and ...

The United Nations said the United States' attacks on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean and Pacific are violations of ...