By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, Jan 23 (Reuters) - The U.N. human rights chief urged the Trump administration on Friday to ...

The motion's approval extends an independent probe into human rights abuses in Iran and calls for an urgent inquiry into the ...

On the eve of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk called on the global ...

United Nations Special Rapporteur on North Korean human rights Elizabeth Salmon will visit South Korea next week to hold ...

The UN Human Rights Council decided Friday to deepen its scrutiny of Iran over its crackdown on protests that left thousands ...

Rights groups claim thousands of people, including bystanders, were killed during the unrest, which they describe as the ...

Where is the concern for their dignity, and our common humanity?” he asks. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has called for an end to state violence against protesters in ...

The recommendation followed a highly competitive, transparent and rigorous international selection process that assessed 65 ...

We, the undersigned civil society organizations, urge the UN Human Rights Council to urgently convene a special session to address an unprecedented escalation in mass unlawful killings of protesters, ...

GENEVA – The United Nations Human Rights Council today called on the United States to resume its cooperation with the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), a mechanism that calls for each UN Member State ...

Indonesia will chair the UN Human Rights Council in 2026, hailed by officials as recognition of its international standing, ...