UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk launched a $400 million appeal on Thursday in Geneva, as his office (OHCHR) ...

*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 ...

The United States has been publishing reports on human rights practices in other countries since 1977. Initially, only countries receiving foreign U.S. assistance were covered. Today, all countries ...

The halt to funding for the NED threatens to shut down groups documenting and helping to stop human rights abuses in North Korea. Last week, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in ...

Last week, the United Nations Human Rights Office issued its first ever guidance paper on “transnational repression,” aimed at increasing awareness and understanding of this expanding global issue.