If both parties can't be united in having extrajudicial remote-control killings, is there any hope to solve the sequester quandary? Is there any hope for human rights?

"Everyone is sick and tired of this issue of human rights," Dmitri Peskov, Vladimir Putin's press secretary, said recently. "It's boringly traditional, boringly traditional, and it's not on the agenda." When I read those words, I knew human rights were here to stay.

Fortunately, the civil society groups living in Cuba today -- activists, opponents, and dissidents -- are peaceful people. Unity, convergence and reconciliation make them stronger against the verticality of the totalitarian government.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted on 10 December 1948. Today, on the streets of our cities, people are demanding that governments and international institutions make good on this promise

2011 has been a momentous year. The Arab Spring alone promises to reshape the human rights landscape. Add to that the independence of South Sudan, the apparent opening in Myanmar and Occupy Wall Street, and you have the makings of a watershed year.

If the US wants to see democratic change in countries like Syria, Libya and Iran, it must be sure that countries like Yemen, Algeria, Jordan and Bahrain are not allowed to violate their people's right to assembly and their freedom of expression.

On December 10, the international community will mark the 60th annual Human Rights Day, celebrating the adoption by the United Nations of the Universa...

Increasing sanctions coupled with a record of reliance on aggressive language, inflexible positions and the overhanging threat of war have only served to toughen Iranian resolve.