A United Nations committee of independent monitors this week released a damning assessment of human rights in the United States, showing an overall dismal performance…
Geneva
Most people would not think of Geneva, Switzerland as an uncomfortably hot city. But each and every time I've been here, it has been. The…
The United States' human rights record faced fierce criticism on Monday during a hearing of the United Nations Human Rights Council, when a panel of more than…
Starting Monday, the United States' human rights record will be subject to international scrutiny by the U.N. Human Rights Council. It may just be the…
What would you have done to stop catastrophic events if you knew in advance what you know now. We have the moral obligation to take…
A Phalanx close-in weapons system (CIWS), which Human Rights Watch calls a prototype for fully autonomous weapons—or "killer robots"—fires at sea. (Photo: U.S. Navy/flickr/cc) Fully…