This month, we mark the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). History may not exactly repeat itself, but it does have an odd tendency to create striking ...

Ján Figeľ lives between two epochs: the first, in which communist forces in what was then Czechoslovakia killed the uncle for whom he is named, and the second, in which Mr. Figel’ carried on the ...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is expected soon to issue regulations rolling back medical conscience protections and coercing unethical procedures that are harmful for patients.

On Feb. 6, the 82nd session of the Nevada State Legislature began. Legislators include 21 Nevada state senators – 13 Democrats and 8 Republicans. The state Assembly has 42 members, including 28 ...

The profound pearls of wisdom found in the Bible, the Koran, and the teachings of Buddha underscore the paramount importance of human dignity. The book of Genesis eloquently expresses that human ...

Conceptions of individual rights that have guided modern civilization are rooted in a idea with biblical origins.

The 2025 International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust falls on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz on 27 January 1945. Marianne Muller was born in ...

It was 1998 and Marcos Duran was a 14-year-old high school freshman in San Jose, in a student body of nearly 4,000 students. On this particular day in the school’s main gym, he watched a group of 30 ...

Madame Chair, distinguished members of the Committee, partners and allies, You are told not to leave your home. No one can visit. Food and other supplies are limited. You are waiting for authorities ...

December 3 marked the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, a day where we mobilize support for the dignity, rights and well-being of persons with disabilities. To mark the occasion, we're ...

He further suggested that the UN General Assembly seek an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to ...