Human Rights Day is one of the most important events on the United Nations calendar. It takes place on the 10th of December every year. It was on this day in 1948 that the U.N. created the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Only 48 states initial...
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has criticized Burma's military government for being out of step with its southeast Asian neighbors on rule of law, human rights, and democracy. VOA's Luis Ramirez reports from Singapore Rice spoke to ministe...
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is expected to name his new High Commissioner for Human Rights as early as this week. The new official will replace Louise Arbour who stepped down June 30 after serving a four-year term at the Geneva-based body. Fr...
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 15 June 2007 Across Africa, poverty and a tradition of putting children in the care of the extended family have led many parents to send their young children, especially daughters, to cities. There they often end up working in...
By David Gollust Washington 07 June 2007 Leading human rights groups Thursday called on the U.S. government to account for terrorism suspects they believe were detained by U.S. authorities abroad but whose whereabouts are now unknown. The Bush admini...
By Andre de Nesnera Washington 03 November 2006 One of the key reforms under outgoing U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan was the creation of a new Human Rights Council to replace the discredited Human Rights Commission. The U.N. resolution establishi...
By Steve Herman Tokyo 01 November 2006 A privately produced report says international attention should be paid to the human rights situation in North Korea, which the report's authors say amounts to crimes against humanity. ----- North Korean boys e...
By Challiss McDonough Cairo, Egypt 25 May 2006 Egyptian pro-reform judges stand in front the Supreme Court house during an anti-government protest in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, May 25, 2006 At least 300 pro-reform judges in Egypt stood in silent protes...