By Emma Farge GENEVA -The United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday rejected a bid by Eritrea to end the mandate of a U.N. expert investigating alleged abuses in the country, in a relief to ...

Speaking at a sideline seminar during the 59th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, they noted that ...

Kuwait’s delegation to the United Nations in Geneva emphasized the critical role of technical cooperation and ...

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

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

There are many things that happened in this war that are clearly war crimes,” Volker Türk, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, says about Israel’s war on Gaza. Democracy Now!'s Amy ...

Civil and political freedoms in Venezuela have sharply deteriorated over the past year, according to the United Nations’ top ...

The Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) countries Friday highlighted the critical importance of technical co-operation and ...

At the 59th UNHRC session in Geneva, leaders of the United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) called on the United ...

The city council says UN Special Rapporteur Irene Khan's report offers 'crucial recommendations for legal, policy, and institutional reforms' ...

HRW says Asmara’s move was an effort to distract from independent reporting on the ‘country’s dire rights record’.

The Venezuela government-allied National Assembly unanimously declared United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ...