Advancing Human Rights (AHR) is an international non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights. AHR's stated objective...

Human Rights Day (HRD) is celebrated annually around the world on 10 December every year. The date was chosen to honor the United Nations General Assembly's...

"All victims of human rights abuses should be able to look to the Human Rights Council as a forum and a springboard for action." — Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General...

institutions in Korea and abroad that have contributed in promoting and advancing human rights, democracy and peace through their work." The award is intended...

The Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) serves to monitor and advance human rights in Uganda. The UHRC is a body established under the 1995 Constitution...

approach to advancing human rights. Librarians, both individually and collectively, have a long history of engagement with human rights issues as they...

Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is a department of the United Nations Secretariat that works to promote and protect human rights that are guaranteed...

Human rights in the United Kingdom concern the fundamental rights in law of every person in the United Kingdom. An integral part of the UK constitution...

of Human Rights in 1948, the current legal framework for human rights in Canada consists of constitutional entitlements, and statutory human rights codes...

procedure" mechanisms under the United Nations Human Rights Council, and their contributions can advance human rights through a variety of activities, including...

Human rights in Cuba are under the scrutiny of human rights organizations, which accuse the Cuban government of committing systematic human rights abuses...

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) is an American LGBTQ advocacy group. It is the largest LGBTQ political lobbying organization within the United States....

governance, increasing democratic participation, and protecting and advancing human rights worldwide, and she led a global team in making grants of over $150...

"Women's rights are human rights" is a phrase used in the feminist movement. The phrase was first used in the 1980s and early 1990s. Its most prominent...

public relations representative and human rights activist. Keyes was the executive director of Advancing Human Rights, the co-founder of CyberDissidents...

The Human Rights Association (Turkish: İnsan Hakları Derneği, İHD) is an NGO for advancing Human rights in Turkey, founded in 1986 and headquartered in...

Universal Declaration of Human Rights, International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities...

organizer in her hometown advocating for human rights issues. She has campaigned for advancing human rights, migrant rights, and racial justice worldwide. She...

International human rights organizations, along with the United Nations, and the United States Department of State, have reported human rights violations...

officials, and philanthropists. The Carter Center's goal is to advance human rights and alleviate human suffering, including helping improve the quality of life...

Human rights in Turkey are protected by a variety of international law treaties, which take precedence over domestic legislation, according to Article...

human rights consists of a series of rights which are legally protected by the Constitution of the United States (particularly by the Bill of Rights)...

Human rights in Mexico refers to moral principles or norms that describe certain standards of human behaviour in Mexico, and are regularly protected as...

Society Foundation, which distributes around US$1.5 billion a year to advance human rights and democratic governments. Soros established himself as a philanthropist...

Human rights in China are periodically reviewed by international bodies, such as human rights treaty bodies and the United Nations Human Rights Council's...

Human rights in Australia have largely been developed by the democratically elected Australian Parliament through laws in specific contexts (rather than...

the Palestinian Government. According to executive director of Advancing Human Rights David Keyes, in 2013, Anas Awwad, a 26-year-old Palestinian activist...

The Human Rights Economy (HRE) envisages economies that are consistent with human rights laws. It is a conceptual framework introduced by the Office of...

The international non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) has been the subject of extensive criticism from a number of observers. Critics...

A human rights group, or human rights organization, is a non-governmental organization which advocates for human rights through identification of their...