A new report from the American Consumer Institute (ACI) details, for all their touting as “green” sources of energy, wind and solar powered electricity generation is much more environmentally harmful ...

FEW ARE HAPPY WITH A U.N. Human Rights Commission that has routinely welcomed into its ranks some of the world’s most monstrous regimes. But Secretary General Kofi Annan’s plan to overhaul the ...

A new international mining sector standard, compiled by some of the industry’s most powerful players, is the latest example of an industry initiative that fails to hold its members accountable for ...

The U.N.’s top rights official laid out the world’s most significant human rights issues Monday, criticizing Syria and Bahrain but also mentioning problems in Western countries such as France and ...

Over 50,000 people have been imprisoned in prisons since the anti-government protests, and they are at risk of becoming ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Friday expressed concern about increasing crackdowns on civil liberties around the world, from Russia to Egypt and China, saying these and other countries ...

Trump won’t bother about India’s human rights record. Harris might. That’s a worry for the Modi administration. Which U.S. presidential candidate — Democrat Kamala Harris or Republican Donald Trump — ...

Last Thursday, October 17, the 142nd session of the UN Human Rights Committee was held in Geneva, to review the human rights record of Pakistan. A handful of students at the Geneva Academy, including ...

Olivia Gazis covers intelligence and international security matters for CBS News. Twice Emmy-nominated, she has traveled worldwide with the secretary of state and contributes reporting on intelligence ...

2025 is shaping up to be an annus horribilis for the dedicated community of North Korean human rights activists. The past two months have seen U.S. funding sources and programs decimated in the wake ...