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The State Department released its long-awaited reports on international human rights Tuesday, and they drastically reduce the types of government repression and abuse that the United States under ...

When the second Donald Trump administration began, many worried that it would abandon America’s long-standing, bipartisan commitment to human rights around the world. This was the concern during the ...

CFR scholars provide expert analysis and commentary on international issues. Catherine Powell, an adjunct senior fellow for women and foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, is the former ...

*This brief has been updated to reflect new Concluding Observations made by UN Treaty Bodies as of July 8, 2025. Tax policy is inextricably bound up with governments’ human rights obligations. Under ...

In December 2020, the Council established a human rights sanctions framework that applies globally, meaning that the EU can target individuals, entities and bodies – including state and non-state ...