--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Human Rights ## Human Rights Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Jan 15, 2020 ## [China Refutes Human Rights Report](https://time.com/5765467/china-hrw-human-rights-report/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Sanya Mansoor *  Dec 2, 2019 ## [Slavery Still Exists All Around the World. Here's How Some Countries Are Trying to Change That](https://time.com/5741714/end-modern-slavery-initiatives/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Suyin Haynes *  Nov 20, 2019 ## [Angelina Jolie Interviews One of the Drafters of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Children: ‘Children Need to Know Their Rights’](https://time.com/5732844/angelina-jolie-and-geraldine-van-bueren-on-childrens-rights/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Angelina Jolie *  Jul 30, 2019 ## [Human Trafficking Has a Hidden Cause — and It's on the Rise Worldwide](https://time.com/5638667/human-trafficking-cause/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Prachi Vidwans and Malaak Jamal *  Jun 20, 2018 ## [Trump Leaving the Human Rights Council Will Only Weaken America](https://time.com/5317396/trump-nikki-haley-un-human-rights-council/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Erika Guevara-Rosas *  May 30, 2018 ## [What the Philippines Tells Us About the Broken Promises of Human Rights](https://time.com/5294301/what-the-philippines-tells-us-about-the-broken-promises-of-human-rights/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Chito Gascon *  Feb 22, 2018 ## [Amnesty Makes Scathing Assessment of Human Rights](https://time.com/5167995/amnesty-2018-state-of-worlds-human-rights-report/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Laignee Barron *  Dec 19, 2017 ## [Egypt Is Holding at Least 18 Americans Captive. Activists Want The White House to Fight for Their Release](https://time.com/5070017/egypt-captive-americans/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by Elizabeth Dias *  Nov 27, 2017 ## [3 Reasons Human Rights Defenders Should Feel Optimistic Right Now](https://time.com/5037701/amnesty-international-ratko-mladic-robert-mugabe/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Anna Neistat *  Nov 22, 2017 ## [Yemen Could Be Out of Food in Six Weeks, Aid Official Warns](https://time.com/5035106/yemen-saudi-blockade-food-water/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Elizabeth Dias *  Jul 13, 2017 ## [Rights Groups Pen Open Letter Against Turkey Detentions](https://time.com/4856669/amnesty-international-arrest-human-rights-turkey/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Rachel Lewis *  Jul 3, 2017 ## [Beijing Hits Out at U.S. Navy Exercises in South China Sea](https://time.com/4843494/donald-trump-south-china-sea-xi-jinping/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Charlie Campbell *  Jun 20, 2017 ## [What Can the U.S. Do After Otto Warmbier's Death? Sadly, Not Much](https://time.com/4824670/north-korea-otto-warmbier-kim-jong-un-torture/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Charlie Campbell *  Jun 13, 2017 ## [Dennis Rodman Returns to North Korea](https://time.com/4815965/dennis-rodman-north-korea-kim-jong-un-nba-basketball/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Charlie Campbell *  May 8, 2017 ## [Sen. John McCain Warns Rex Tillerson: 'We Are a Country With a Conscience'](https://time.com/4770891/sen-john-mccain-rex-tillerson-foreign-policy/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by Maya Rhodan ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/"},"name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/human-rights/","name":"Human Rights"}}]}] ```