Human Rights and Liberty

Since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations General Assembly on 10 December 1948, the protection of human rights has become an integral part of the international legal order.

Ten pressing business and human rights issues.

The philosophy of gender equality is stipulated in the Japanese Constitution and the principle of gender equality has been legislatively established by the Equal Employment Opportunity Law and other laws. In reality, however, fixed ideas on gender roles such as that the man should work outside and the woman should remain at home are deeply-rooted in society even today and cause various kinds of gender discrimination in homes and at workplaces.

Articles concerning human rights issues.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights came into existence shortly after the Second World War, reflecting the wishes of people at the time to try and never see such a horror again.

Human rights are the basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed. They are universal, apply equally to all, and are founded on the principle of dignity for every human being. Traditional civil liberties - rights and freedoms that protect an individual from abuse of power by the state - are a part of our British history of human rights.

Find the foundation of universal human rights in American history through the writing of the Constitution of the United States, the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. Learn more about how the United Nations continues to defend these tenets of equal rights worldwide.

You can with real-time satellite tracking. That's how a former US State Dept. official -- and George Clooney -- explosed Sudan's hidden violence.

The protection of fundamental human rights was a foundation stone in the establishment of the United States over 200 years ago. Since then, a central goal of U.S. foreign policy has been the promotion of respect for human rights, as embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Do international human rights treaties work to protect vulnerable populations, or should they be abandoned in favor of other measures?

The Patriot Act: What Is the Proper Balance Between National Security and Individual Rights? Congress passed the Patriot Act shortly after the September 11 terrorist attacks. Did this law go too far in the name of national security?

The National Security Agency has at least two other legal grounds for collecting Americans' private information.

We're losing consensus on right and wrong.

Human Rights Watch is a nonprofit, nongovernmental human rights organization made up of roughly 400 staff members around the globe. Its staff consists of human rights professionals including country experts, lawyers, journalists, and academics of diverse backgrounds and nationalities.

Human rights are moral principles or norms, that describe certain standards of human behavior, and are regularly protected as legal rights in municipal and international law.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a milestone document in the history of human rights. Drafted by representatives with different legal and cultural backgrounds from all regions of the world, the Declaration was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948 General Assembly resolution 217 A as a common standard of achievements for all peoples and all nations.