Gov. Bill Lee ordered a review of the state’s lethal injection process after the botched attempt to execute the lone woman on Tennessee’s death row.

Three months after the earthquakes in Venezuela, Amnesty International calls for recovery efforts to place the human rights and dignity of those affected at the centre.

Amnesty International has documented serious human rights violations in ICE’s immigration operations and is calling for their immediate abolition.

Shooter’s motive of targeting the Jewish community was ‘corroborated in documentary and video evidence,’ Ontario city’s police chief says

In a joint statement, civil society organizations are calling for the renewal of the mandate of the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela (FFM).

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to change the name of Lake Ontario to "Lake America" as tensions with Canada worsen.

Israeli Prime Minister has been able to enter Canadian airspace, despite Mark Carney’s statements that Ottawa would enforce a warrant for his arrest

British-born Canadian man, who spoke to his parents for the first time in almost a decade, is among thousands of detainees transferred from Syria to Iraq earlier this year

Women detained in northeast Syria's Roj camp say bullets tore through tents housing children during a confrontation with Kurdish-led security forces

If you live in Toronto, Halifax, Yellowknife, Vancouver or Ottawa, the CBC Massey Lectures are coming to your city. Join us for a live recording of Leilani Farha's Massey Lecture, Housing Inc.: A Glob...

Exhibit was product of deeply meaningful relationships between Palestinian, Jewish communities in Canada, and it can show how anti-racism can be achieved

Dong Guangping landed in Toronto on Friday after a decade spent trying to flee China, where he faced repeated imprisonment for his human-rights activism

As Ottawa faces pressure from the Trump administration to tighten its scrutiny of imports made with forced labour, Canadian human rights lawyers are pointing the finger at companies south of the borde...

Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government is eliminating a watchdog position responsible for investigating allegations of human rights violations committed by Canadian companies operating abroad.

PANAMA / GENEVA – The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela welcomes a major international judicial development: the first extradition request arising from an investigation into ...

The humanitarian sector is at a defining moment. Needs are rising. Resources are tightening. Traditional delivery models are under strain.

The 2026 Massey Lecturer is Leilani Farha. Her lectures are called Housing Inc: A Global Takeover and Our Fight for Home. Farha argues there's a fundamental conflict at the heart of our housing crisis...

As human rights advocate is treated in hospital after transfer from Tehran prison, prize winners demand her freedom

By GEORGE SIPOS

The Prime Minister expressed Canada’s deep concern over the continued humanitarian crisis in Gaza and reaffirmed its opposition to Israeli settlement expansion and settler violence in the West Bank.

The atrocity prevention community faces an existential question: How do we continue our work when the fundamental norm of trying to stop mass atrocities no longer appears to be a given?

Responding to reports that Israeli forces intercepted 22 vessels and detained around 175 crew members of the Global Sumud Flotilla, which was attempting to break Israel’s illegal blockade and deliver ...

In a 20 to 4 vote, Ottawa city council has passed a controversial "bubble bylaw" that will restrict protest near hospitals, schools and places of worship.

Universal: Renewing Human Rights in a Fractured World

Trawler set off from Bangladesh and reportedly capsized due to heavy winds, rough seas and overcrowding

Péter Magyar’s Tisza party wins election as prime minister concedes defeat, in result likely to reshape ties with EU

As the conflict in Sudan approaches its fourth year, serious and widespread violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law continue with increasing intensity and impun...

GENEVA – The final report of the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts on the murder of Berta Cáceres is crucially important, The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders Mary Lawlor* said today, expressing grave concern about the threats human rights defenders in Honduras continue to face.

The US president once again warned Iran to make a deal to avert threat of massive attacks

Government accused of removing loved ones from record after report says tens of thousands lack information to be found

Stephen Lewis, a giant in Canadian activism, is being remembered as a tireless fighter who demanded better of all.

Volker Türk says bill, which applies to Palestinians convicted of terror charges but not Jewish extremists, must be repealed

Despite resistance from states who had role in chattel slavery, many feel this is an idea whose time has come

Immigration and borders legislation known as Bill C-12 has received royal assent. It will mean thousands of asylum seekers have their claims terminated.

A CBC Indigenous investigation has found the Cold War-era RCMP Security Service had a widespread and intrusive surveillance operation targeting at least 30 legitimate Indigenous political organization...

The landmark hearing on Bill 21 could bring the notwithstanding clause – and Canada – into uncharted territory