The Committee on Human Rights (CHR) is a standing membership committee of the United States National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and National Academy of Medicine. It serves ...

Earlier this month, the United Nations Human Rights Committee delivered a searing report highlighting the U.S. government’s failure to meet its human rights obligations under the International ...

The committee charged with hosting the FIFA World Cup in Philadelphia released its plan to address human rights during the ...

GENEVA — The United Nations Human Rights Committee issued a scathing report today castigating the United States’ record on a wide range of issues, including Indigenous rights, voting rights, freedom ...

The United Nations Human Rights Committee has ruled that Australia breached international human rights law by detaining a group of young asylum seekers in immigration detention in Nauru. The committee ...

Migrant farmworker advocates have alerted Prime Minister Mark Carney that they will be submitting a complaint to the UN Human Rights Committee in December to mark International Migrant’s Day. The ...

Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the United Nations Human Rights Committee (the “Committee”) ahead of its upcoming review of Indonesia. This submission draws primarily ...

The UN Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) concluded its 139th session on Friday after reviewing reports from Iran, Kuwait, Republic of Korea, Trinidad and Tobago, the US and Venezuela. It said there were ...

This submission to the United Nations Committee Against Torture (“the Committee”) ahead of its upcoming review of Türkiye highlights areas of concern Human Rights Watch hopes will inform the Committee ...

Oct. 27 (UPI) --At a time when authoritarian regimes are advancing, democracies are wavering and human rights are increasingly treated as optional rather than essential, one small organization ...