WASHINGTON, D. C. - Former U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown on Monday announced that he is launching a new non-partisan, non-profit ...

Educators are divided along political lines on rights for English learners and immigrant students, an EdWeek Research Center ...

The principal international human rights documents clearly protect the human rights of prisoners. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the Convention Against ...

States Parties shall guarantee to persons with disabilities political rights and the opportunity to enjoy them on an equal basis with others, and shall undertake: a) To ensure that persons with ...

American Journal of Political Science, Vol. 44, No. 3 (Jul., 2000), pp. 506-522 (17 pages) Formal models of political bargaining generally emphasize the importance of the allocation of prerogatives ...

A conversation on human rights can become politically charged, but it really boils down to meeting people's basic needs, says Mayor Brandon Sakbun. Those basic human rights are not political, he said.

The Biden administration had challenged a Republican-led redistricting plan that diluted the political power of minorities. Other legal challenges will continue.

Mourners filled the Mother A.M.E. Zion Church in Harlem to remember the life of Hazel Nell Dukes, a longtime civil rights leader. Dukes died in Harlem earlier this month at the age of 92.

A group of human rights organizations on Friday urged Bangladesh's interim government to take decisive action to safeguard the freedoms of expression and opinion amidst increasing attacks on ...