Volker Türk, the U.N. high commissioner for human rights, says that human rights around the world are in a perilous state as countries are failing to honor the fundamental rights and freedoms of all peoples as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
https://www.voanews.com/a/unhcr-chief-human-rights-in-perilous-state-as-fundamental-values-disregarded/7143642.html
“Brutal and undignified” forms of punishment in Afghanistan and the use of capital punishment coupled with a lack of fair trial guarantees, violate international law and must stop immediately, a group of UN-appointed independent human rights experts said on Thursday.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/05/1136562
In a report issued on Tuesday, UN human rights experts outline how discrimination affects black boys and girls worldwide to the extent that they are not considered children, even in the eyes of the law.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/11/1130357
https://share.america.gov/us-human-rights-reports-deter-violations/
https://share.america.gov/us-partners-target-beijing-uyghur-oppression/
Suu Kyi says free judiciary key to democracy
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi says her country cannot be called a genuine democracy until it has an independent judiciary, even though it is undergoing a stream of breathtaking political and economic reforms.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hLWBri6GrScye6OA5oFtsRNV-JfQ?docId=7833849e76104720ab1037d0098948e1
12 Foreign Policy Priorities for the Next Administration
https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/11/10/us-president-should-set-human-rights-foreign-policy