By providing decision makers with insight into complex human rights issues, the Quarterly helps to define national and international human rights policy.

In a message for Human Rights Day (December 10, 2018), Pope Francis points out the kinds of injustices that afflict the world today.

Basic requirements of the UN Declaration on the Right to Development: putting people at the center of development ensuring free, active and meaningful participation securing non-discrimination ...

“Access to safe, affordable and reliable drinking water and sanitation services are basic human rights”, the report spells out. And yet, billions still lack these facilities.

“All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights” says the first sentence of Article 1 of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The objective of German development cooperation ...

Yet, we are failing to solve even basic human problems. Conflicts such as those in Ukraine and Gaza have shown us that children remain the worst victims of war.

Explore the UNDP's latest Human Development Report for 2025. Discover why global human development is slowing down, see the complete HDI ranking list, and understand how the index measures a ...

India’s SDG focus and its human development issues Premium Countries that aspire to achieve sustainable development need to take steps to boost human development Updated - October 18, 2024 01:50 ...

Early human development is a complex, multistep process that’s even more complicated to study in the lab. Models made from stem cells avoid some of the trouble with using real human embryos.