This guide seeks to equip human rights defenders and anti-corruption advocates with practical tools to promote accountability ...

Advances in genomic technologies and declining sequencing costs have driven a surge in human genome projects, projected to generate 2–40 exabytes of data within the next decade 1. Aggregating and ...

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 ...

What you need to know: Principal Judge Jane Frances Abodo highlighted the growing significance of forensic science in the adjudication of criminal cases, noting that advances in criminal activity ...

From 27–29 July 2025, governments and other stakeholders from across the world will convene in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for the United Nations Food Systems Summit Stocktake (UNFSS+4). The event aims to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Human rights are not just words on paper. Advocates, social movements and government champions have brought much needed positive changes by pushing for the adoption of international human rights ...

United Nations member states unanimously adopted the sustainable development agenda in 2015. It aims to ensure development that “meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of ...

(opens in a new window) (opens in a new window) (opens in a new window) (opens in a new window) Copy Learning about the rights of older people and the key elements of a human rights-based approach to ...