The Latest Breaking News from Human Rights

Guatemala violated Indigenous rights by permitting a huge nickel mine on tribal land almost two decades ago, according to a ruling from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

An "explosion" of multibillion-dollar claims by fossil fuel and extractive firms through shadowy investment tribunals is blocking action on climate and nature, the UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights and Environment has warned, with developing nations increasingly targeted.

It may seem odd to think that peace can be without justice, or justice without truth. But that may depend entirely on what one thinks justice should be.

Since December 7, images of Palestinians arrested and stripped naked in Gaza by the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) have provoked widespread concern. Israeli authorities say they undressed the detainees as a security measure, but that photos of them in their underwear "serve nobody". The images have sparked debate on the…

A court in Russia has overturned a fine handed to a veteran human rights advocate for speaking out against the war in Ukraine

A European human rights expert says violence and discrimination against women in Italy is a “prevailing and urgent concern.”

Editorial: Soaring violence is creating an explosive situation that can only be peacefully defused with a just political solution

The Israeli military has rounded up hundreds of Palestinians across the northern Gaza Strip, separating families and forcing men to strip to their underwear before trucking some to an undisclosed location

Letters: Rev Dr Noel Anthony Davies says Rishi Sunak’s government seems all too willing to breach the principles of the UN’s human rights declaration. Plus letters from Clive Stafford Smith, Jim King and Michael McLoughlin