human rights

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The candidates acknowledged the link between the UN's three pillars of peace, human rights and development, while emphasizing the organization's primary role in upholding the first tenet.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

Chile's Bachelet, a former UN human rights chief, said the secretary-general should be "physically present in the field" wherever problems need solving -- a position also taken by Grossi.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

These officials said the Red Sea region is too strategically important for the U.S. not to try to reopen ties with Eritrea, despite Eritrea’s human rights record.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

By design, the deportation process moves so fast that detainees do not have time to obtain meaningful legal representation — a violation of their constitutional, civil and human rights.

From Salon • Apr. 21, 2026

You don’t agree that the question of human rights, of civil liberties, is a matter of vital importance to the African people?

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela