Recent attempts to amend Iraq’s Personal Status Law — a civil set of laws regarding family life — have sparked significant controversy. The proposed amendments pertain to issues such as the minimum ...

Ours is a society of many backgrounds and beliefs, all united by shared values. Foremost among these values is commitment to the inherent value of every human being. It’s a principle we find in the ...

December 3 marked the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, a day where we mobilize support for the dignity, rights and well-being of persons with disabilities. To mark the occasion, we're ...

Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum is Professor of Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law; and Director, Cardozo Law Institute in Holocaust and Human Rights and the Benjamin B. Ferencz Human Rights and ...

This December 10, 2008, marks the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) by 48 countries — almost the entire membership of the U.N. at the time. The UDHR ...

As the world marks Universal Human Rights Day on Wednesday, the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta is inviting the public to explore its newly renovated galleries—completely free of ...

As far as we’d like to think we’ve come in terms of gender discrimination, we still have a long way to go—especially in terms of the rights outlined in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms ...

It's been 25 years since I moved to the United Kingdom. On a recent visit to my home state of Goa in western India, I talked with our gardener, who had migrated to Goa from Bihar in northern India ...

The message by NHRC, India Acting Chairperson, Smt Vijaya Bharathi Sayani on the eve of Human Rights Day “On the eve of Human Rights Day, I extend my warm greetings to all. This significant day, ...

“Cultural heritage is significant in the present, both as a message from the past and as a pathway to the future. Viewed from a human rights perspective, it is important not only in itself, but also ...

The motion of inquiry -- Figuring human dignity -- Human dignity and the Vatican -- The church, the secular, and pastoral power -- The ontology of vocation: Gaudium et Spes -- Human dignity and the ...