The United Nations' human rights office, which called for an independent probe into Good's death, doesn't speak for the rest ...

While officials tout a diplomatic win, rights groups ask how a nation that ‘criminalises expression’ can lead the UN Human Rights Council.

UN officials and human rights organizations have raised alarm over Iran's response to nationwide protests, warning that the use of lethal force by security forces may constitute serious violations ...

Iran‘s authoritarian government is massacring civilians in the streets by the thousands. The United Nations is obsessing ...

We, the undersigned civil society organizations, urge the UN Human Rights Council to urgently convene a special session to ...

According to a report published today by the Swiss non-governmental organization UN Watch, the majority of UN human rights ...

Indonesia promises not to be picky with sort of human rights issues that it will handle during its UNHRC's presidency.

The world community must make clear that U.S. intervention in Venezuela is a violation of international law that makes the ...

UN human rights experts have called on Egypt to lift ongoing restrictions on human rights defenders who have been released from detention, in line with international human rights standards.  The ...

LONDON/GENEVA (Reuters) -The United States will not participate in a U.N. review of its human rights record, officials said, a move that rights advocates called a worrying retreat from Washington's ...

Egypt and Vietnam are on track to secure seats on the United Nations Human Rights Council despite being woefully unfit for membership, Human Rights Watch said today. The UN General Assembly will elect ...

JAKARTA: Indonesia's assumption of the presidency of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is unlikely to ...