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The US State Department on Tuesday released a pared-down version of its annual report meant to catalogue human rights concerns in countries around the world. The report covers the 2024 calendar year – ...

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights said that governments have a duty to more closely monitor firearms manufacturers and ...

* Finland leads globally; India shows mixed progress with strong basics but weak freedoms * Democracy, wealth, and //smaller populations strongly improve human rights scores The theme for Human Rights ...

*This brief has been updated to reflect new Concluding Observations made by UN Treaty Bodies as of July 8, 2025. Tax policy is inextricably bound up with governments’ human rights obligations. Under ...

Autonomous weapons systems present numerous risks to humanity, most of which infringe on fundamental obligations and principles of international human rights law. Such systems select and engage ...

The United States has been added to CIVICUS’s monitor list of potential human rights threats, a move the global nonprofit says is directly linked to President Trump’s actions since his return to the ...