Human Rights

The administration insists it can succeed where two U.S. presidents already tried and failed.

Despite the Trump administration’s declaration of a genocide in Xinjiang, upheld by the Biden administration, some legal experts suspect China’s behavior may fall short of actual genocide.

Saudi Arabia has freed activists and announced reforms, but must do more to win the new team’s favor.

Activists built on years of organizing to achieve a groundbreaking gender-parity requirement in the upcoming drafting process.

The prime minister has decided that international criticism is a price worth paying for pursuing his domestic agenda, but he shouldn’t be so sure.

Ageism has colored the response to COVID-19 and is setting everyone up for a more difficult economic recovery.

Yeliz Guzel’s pride choir brought LGBTQ Turks together—but left her ostracized.

The U.S. government has a long history of pursuing multiple policy goals with adversaries and demanding respect for human rights will not derail nuclear negotiations.

The country has long been denied a permanent place on the U.N. Security Council, but it has itself to blame.

The response will indicate the future of the country’s fragile detente.

The Egyptian president enjoyed relative impunity during the Trump years. Now, an uptick in repression at home—and criticism from abroad—may end up spelling his downfall.

Trump has protected Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman despite the U.S. intelligence community’s conclusion that he ordered the assassination of a U.S. resident. The new administration should reveal the truth.

The best way for Biden and Harris to build better partnerships abroad is to get America’s own house in order—and that begins with human rights.

The world stepped up while the United States stepped back from defending human rights. The next U.S. president should join them.

Divided government or not, the incoming administration has several options for fixing the United States’ human rights record.

Aid organizations fear that Israel is about to deport thousands of asylum-seekers to Sudan now that the two countries have made peace.

The Biden team needs to step up and push new initiatives

A bipartisan crackdown on Chinese forced labor has put Western corporations on notice—and could pave the way for Washington to finally support the International Criminal Court.