ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A local organization recognized International Human Rights Week at the Islamic Center of Rochester. The event featured speakers from the New York State Council of Churches. The goal ...

A human rights-based approach to coral reef protection could ensure governments are held to account for safeguarding marine ecosystems. A human rights-based approach to coral reef protection could ...

A human rights-based approach is a conceptual framework for the process of human development that is normatively based on international human rights standards and operationally directed to promoting ...

In order for the United States and South Korea to strengthen their human rights-centered approach toward North Korea, key internal and external obstacles should be addressed. A North Korean flag ...

With the United Nations Human Rights Office, Lorna McGregor and Petra Molnar launched a study advocating for a human-rights based approach to digital border technologies. “In an age in which digital ...

Nature-based solutions (NbS), a hotly debated concept, gained significant political traction throughout 2022, even as challenges and concerns over the failure to implement biodiversity and human ...

The U.S. government is the single largest purchaser of goods in the world. In fiscal year 2024, the U.S. government obligated $755 billion, with approximately $259 billion spent on products, including ...

Astrid Puentes’s journey from Bogotá to the UN is shaped by a deep awareness of how environmental harm often mirrors social injustice. Early in her legal career, she confronted cases where pollution ...

Every December, the world honors the Universal Declaration of Human Rights commemorating the inherent dignity of all people and cultivating a culture of rule of law rooted in love and mutual respect.

Democratic backsliding, shifting geopolitics and competing priorities have made it harder for Europeans to promote human rights in the Middle East and North Africa. Yet the stability and prosperity of ...

Rights-based approach amid national water challenges The Department of Water and Sanitation has reaffirmed that access to sufficient, safe and reliable water is a fundamental human right and a ...