Human rights are moral principles or norms that establish standards of human behaviour and are regularly protected as substantive rights in municipal and...

related to this article: Universal Declaration of Human Rights The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is an international document adopted by the...

The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR; formally the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms) is an international...

"All victims of human rights abuses should be able to look to the Human Rights Council as a forum and a springboard for action." — Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General...

belief in the sanctity of human life has ancient precedents in many religions of the world, the foundations of modern human rights began during the era of...

on human rights. The group pressures governments, policymakers, companies, and individual human rights abusers to denounce abuse and respect human rights...

Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is a department of the United Nations Secretariat that works to promote and protect human rights that are guaranteed...

A human rights defender or human rights activist is a person who, individually or with others, acts to promote or protect human rights. They can be journalists...

National Human Rights Commission of India (abbreviated as NHRC) is a statutory body constituted on 12 October 1993 under the Protection of Human Rights Ordinance...

The United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) was a functional commission within the overall framework of the United Nations from 1946 until it...