Listen to the UN High Commissioner for human rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein. "I will respect your rights regardless of who you are. I will uphold your rights even when I disagree with you. When anyone...

Seventy-years ago the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Common human rights standards that remain relevant today and resonate in our daily life.

The basic idea of human rights is that each one of us, no matter who we are or where we are born, is entitled to the same basic rights and freedoms. But what exactly are the basic human rights? Who...