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

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 ...

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 Western diplomats who feared ...

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

The government of Eritrea has been working the corridors of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva to try to end ...

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

We go to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, where activists are shining a light on Morocco’s brutal occupation of ...

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 ...

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

Ghana’s parliament has reaffirmed its commitment to advancing human rights and upholding international obligations through robust engagement with the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process.

Concerns about human rights violations in Eritrea was a central point of discussion during the United Nations Human Rights ...