Former President Jimmy Carter, best known as a champion of international human rights both during and after his tenure as the ...

The United States sanctioned a Russian judge for the "arbitrary" imprisonment of Moscow politician and human rights activist ...

The United States issued sanctions against a Russian judge on Tuesday for her role in the detention of human-rights activist ...

It's not hard to empathise with disconnected citizens. A quick glance at the headlines is enough to dampen the mood.

Former President Jimmy Carter will lie in repose at the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia, until Tuesday morning. CBS News ...

The United States issued sanctions on Tuesday against a Russian judge for her role in the detention of activist Alexei ...

Human Rights Watch mourns the loss of Jimmy Carter, who made trailblazing contributions to the human rights movement during ...

The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights has raised concerns over the rising number of government critics who were ...

Jimmy Carter was a dark horse Democratic presidential candidate with little national recognition when he beat Republican ...

On the occasion of International Human Rights Day, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, held a press ...

Kelley Robinson, president of the Human Rights Campaign, and her wife, Becky George, are pregnant with their second child, ...

Days before he retires as chairman of the influential U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Democrat Ben Cardin ...