UN secretary-general 'reiterates that he is deeply concerned about reports of the arbitrary detention of opposition figures, ...

The UN Security Council will not intervene in Gaza, writes a former UN staffer. This does not mean that UN member states ...

Europe is in the grip of an unprecedented heatwave, with Spain and England registering their hottest June temperatures in ...

The government of President Nicolas Maduro has rejected Turk's comments, made before the Human Rights Council in Geneva last week ...

Venezuela’s ruling party-controlled National Assembly has declared Volker Türk, the United Nations high commissioner for ...

Arbitrary detentions, forced disappearances, torture and ill-treatment -- particularly during recent elections -- are among ...

The UN's top rights official on Monday urged the international community to confront the growing human rights implications of climate change.Speaking at the Human Rights Council in Geneva, High ...

Law Adviser Asif Nazrul confirmed on Sunday, June 29, that the Council of Advisors, chaired by Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus, had approved the draft MoU “in principle,” paving the way for the Office of ...

Russian courts have issued 101 “extremism”-related convictions for allegedly participating in the “International LGBT ...

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is set to establish a presence in Bangladesh for an initial period of three years, marking a significant step in enhancing ...

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said allowing Haitians to stay in the country was against the “national interest.” The Trump ...