The human rights situation in Nicaragua has "seriously deteriorated" over the past year, following arbitrary arrests, mistreatment of detainees,...

GENEVA, Switzerland – A group of independent experts* expressed grave concern about allegations of serious human rights violations in the context of...

As expected, the UN Human Rights High Commissioner's - HCHR - report on Sri Lanka (A/HRC/57/19) was released on 22 August. It consists of seven...

UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada Al-Nashif said Tuesday (10/9) that the warring parties in the Sudanese conflict were acting with...

The Sahel region of north Africa may be understood as “one region, many crises.” This statement is taken from a paper first published in 2013 by...

The Iran Human Rights Organization emphasized that executions of Afghan citizens in Iran have increased since the Taliban took power, with 11 Afghan...

Our investigation of the disastrous society-wide collapses of four premodern polities, China's Ming Dynasty, the South Asian Mughal Empire, the High...

Our investigation of the disastrous society-wide collapses of four premodern polities, China's Ming Dynasty, the South Asian Mughal Empire, the High...

The U.S. and many other societies are cycling into situations of toxic polarization today; discussion, let alone consensus, often appears impossible...

The U.S. and many other societies are cycling into situations of toxic polarization today; discussion, let alone consensus, often appears impossible...