GENEVA (AP) — The United States on Friday snubbed a review of its human rights record by a United Nations body on orders of ...

The pre-session for Nepal's Fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR), held under the United Nations Human Rights Council, has been successfully concluded in Geneva. With the active participation of ...

Members of the U.N. Human Rights Council on Friday adopted a resolution for an independent fact-finding mission to investigate reported mass killings in al-Fashir, Sudan.

Resolution adopted without vote as Council seeks investigation into recent atrocities committed in and around Sudanese city - Anadolu Ajansı ...

Follow TNM’s WhatsApp channel for news updates and story links.Former Chief Justice of the Odisha High Court and Senior ...

The American Bar Association calls on the United States to reverse its decision not to participate in its upcoming Universal Periodic Review (UPR) before the United Nations Human Rights Council. This ...

Human rights issues—from equal treatment for minorities to freedoms enshrined in the U.S. Bill of Rights, such as speech, ...

Foreign Minister Gideon Saar formally announced on Thursday that Israel will withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). According to Saar’s letter, addressed to the UNHRC president ...

Ever wonder what goes on behind the polished marble corridors in Geneva? Imagine a global game of musical chairs. Nations compete for position while claiming to uphold human dignity. The recent ...

Last month, along with Pakistan and Iraq, India was elected to the UN Human Rights Council from Asia. The UNHRC says it 'is responsible for strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights ...

At the 60th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC), the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) will present its report on the human rights situation in Sri Lanka, ...

President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order Tuesday withdrawing the United States from the United Nations Human Rights Council, according to a White House fact sheet shared ahead of ...