Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder will be honored with the Fred L. Shuttlesworth Human Rights Award at the Birmingham ...

Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. has been named recipient of the prestigious 2025 Fred L. Shuttlesworth Human Rights Award, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI) announced Thursday.

Experts for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said Monday that countries at the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference (COP30) must advance human rights and ...

The Gould School of Law will open the Donna and Spencer Gilbert Global Justice and Human Rights Center on Wednesday with its ...

The United States on Friday snubbed a U.N. body charged with keeping tabs on the human rights records of all its member ...

Kenya has reaffirmed its commitment to upholding human rights and the rule of law in a detailed response to a joint communication from UN Special Rapporteurs concerning alleged violations by state ...

Chimpanzees in Michigan are not considered “persons” with human rights, according to the state’s Court of Appeals. That means the owners of the DeYoung Family Zoo in the Upper Peninsula will not need ...

Chimpanzees in Michigan are not considered “persons” with human rights, according to the state’s Court of Appeals. That means the owners of the DeYoung Family Zoo in the Upper Peninsula will not need ...

EAST LANSING, Mich. (WLNS)- The Human Rights Commission is now joining the NAACP, the Women’s Center of Greater Lansing, the East Lansing Independent Police Oversight Commission and others in calling ...

ATLANTA — The Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta is undergoing a $58 million renovation, led by the woman-run Juneau Construction Company. The renovation, which includes the addition of ...

While defending his decision to perform at the controversial, state-sponsored Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia, Aziz Ansari said he planned to donate “part of the fee” to “causes that support ...

A UN expert on Tuesday welcomed the decision by consensus during the 48th session of the UN Human Rights Council to establish an independent investigative mechanism for Afghanistan. The decision also ...