Governments often justify “quiet diplomacy” by arguing that public condemnation closes channels, endangers diplomats, or reduces leverage for humanitarian outcomes.

Philippe Sands, one of the world’s pre-eminent human rights attorneys, grew up in the shadow of bleak times. He worries that ...

The international human rights scene is dominated by two huge organizations, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International. In a short paper nearly two years ago, I raised questions about their ...

President Trump’s unconventional address to the United Nations General Assembly last week was short on specifics, but his administration’s recent actions have changed America’s human rights policy in ...

The State Department released its long-awaited reports on international human rights Tuesday, and they drastically reduce the types of government repression and abuse that the United States under ...

Thank you Chairs, Honourable Members of the European Parliament, Thank you for the invitation to address this subcommittee and the delegation. The forthcoming first EU-Central Asia summit marks a new ...

Ms. Callamard is the secretary general of Amnesty International. Mr. Borello is the acting executive director of Human Rights Watch. When the world emerged from the horrors of World War II and vowed ...

Indonesia will chair the UN Human Rights Council in 2026, hailed by officials as recognition of its international standing, ...

The escalation of global challenges, including political violence, transnational crime, corruption, environmental crises, forced migration, health emergencies, disinformation and inequality, is ...

Automakers need to be more transparent about their EV battery supply chains to prevent human rights abuses, Amnesty International says. Automakers need to be more transparent about their EV battery ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. The international human rights scene is dominated by two huge organizations, Human ...