The U.N. Human Rights Council voted on Monday to renew the mandate of an LGBT rights expert, a move welcomed by advocates ...

The Philippines highlighted the normative and institutional frameworks the government built for the protection of overseas ...

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 ...

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

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

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