Human rights are rights which all persons hold by virtue of the human condition. They are thus not dependent upon grant or permission of the state and they cannot be withdrawn by fiat of the state. While laws under different national legal systems may...

The massive slaughter of civilians in the 1930s and 1940s and the accompanying horrors of World War II and the Holocaust produced a worldwide commitment to preserving peace, opening the way for the creation of the United Nations (UN) in...

At least until the 1990s, Japan was reluctant to promote human rights in either its domestic or foreign policies, arguably because the very concept of human rights—rights possessed simply by virtue of being human, or standards of human dignity...

In 1947, the National Association of Human Rights Workers (NAHRW) was established as the National Association of Intergroup Relations Officials (NAIRO) in Chicago. The group was launched when the executives of human rights committees of six cities...

—Article 1 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human...

Human rights has been one of the main concerns of the UN, which paved the way for a series of international agreements signed by individual nations. The human rights committees under the auspices of the UN focus their goals on preventing human rights violations,...

In his fawning, one-sided tribute to animal-rights activist Peter Singer {op-ed, June 9}, Colman McCarthy maintained that "the ethical case for butchery and torture of animals can't be made because none exists." He's wrong. For starters, there is the Kantian argument that...

Cuba said Monday it would sign an international agreement on civil and political rights while a few blocks away government supporters shoved and shouted down activists calling for improved human rights on the communist-run island.Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque marked International Human Rights Day with...

Four prominent activists have resigned from a government advisory panel on human rights, saying Monday that officials were more interested in fighting separatist rebels than protecting human rights.The 10-member panel, formed last year, hoped to push the government to investigate and prosecute soldiers, police officers...

“Human rights theory as we know it today [in the West] ... [flourished] and spread throughout the Enlightenment.” —Fred Edwords Human rights, as they are understood by the modern Western world, took almost exactly one century to...

Human rights and equality often the forefront in spoken words and lacking in active resolutions.

Examines Human Rights violations which have taken place over the past few years. Focuses on India, Darfu and Afganistan. Provides statistical data from the World Health Organization.

Essay attempts to answer the question "Are human rights universal?"