Human Rights

The Spanish government rejected the Mexican president's demand, suggesting Spain's invasion of the Americas shouldn't be judged through our modern lens.

Patrick Ball has advised nine truth commissions, four U.N. missions, and dozens of advocacy groups in more than 30 countries. And his non-profit, the Human Rights Data Analysis Group, "represents, without a doubt, the world's top people doing statistical work on human rights violations."

In the final hours of COP24, human rights activists lament that nations still consider human rights a bargaining chip in climate negotiations.

At best, the issue of Uyghur re-education camps will come up as leverage to achieve Trump's economic policy objectives with Beijing, analysts predict.

Cuba has shown a commitment to LGBT rights over the last two decades, but some fear it is being used a distraction from the suppression of other human rights.

Prisoners in the hurricane's path will not be evacuated—and many are outraged.

A former inmate discusses the organization and demands behind the recent nationwide prison strike.

Michelle Bachelet's bold speech condemned the Trump administration's family separation policy along with other human rights abuses.

Demonstrators take part in a march against President Daniel Ortega's government in Managua, Nicaraguan, on September 9th, 2018.

China has used the U.S.'s Global War on Terror as a pretext to further repress the embattled Muslim minority.

The announcement is expected to come one day after the U.N.'s high commissioner for human rights railed against Trump's immigration policies.

There has been a wave of demonstrations since the election of Poland's right-wing government in response to its increasing attacks on individual rights.

A new report shows widespread abuse of minors while they were in custody of Customs and Border Protection.

Facing a shortage of space for inmates, Missouri's Greene County Jail opted to build an insta-prison in the parking lot. Is that OK?

Introducing Pacific Standard's December 2017 issue.

The Australian government has been dealing with a refugee crisis that is the product of decades of complex social and political circumstances.

Dr. Denis Mukwege has become a pioneer in both gynecological surgery and bringing global awareness to the issue of how rape is used as a weapon of war.

The Value Female Network is changing hearts and minds to end the practice of FGM in the Osun state.

The U.S. called on Tuesday for the U.N. Human Rights Council to change how it operates, demanding fairer treatment of Israel.

Shutting down the site’s adult services page could hamper efforts to recover missing children.

Some Colombian paramilitary leaders accused of brutal human rights violations will not face justice—or their victims' families—until they've served sentences for American drug charges.

An early look at a Pacific Standard story that's currently only available to subscribers.

Climate change affects women disproportionately—yet tensions among Middle Eastern states, and a dearth of women at COP21, mean the final agreement is unlikely to do much for them.

The pattern of wounds on gunshot victims could expose human rights abuses.