The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) will hold its first high-level meeting next week over human rights abuses and violations by North Korea, diplomatic and civic group sources said Monday.

Opening speakers Ilze Brands Kehris, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations Human Rights Office, and Nanette Braun, Director of the Campaigns and Country Operations Division at the ...

They delivered the scathing rebukes during the 58th Regular Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva on March 11 at a side event hosted by rights organizations Jubilee ...

The United Nations Human Rights Council’s (UNHRC) session in Geneva on Wednesday was marked by the interruption and scolding of pro-Israel speakers. Meanwhile, those speaking against the Jewish ...

Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, told the U.N. Human Rights Council that conditions in Venezuela have continued to deteriorate at an alarming rate over the past ...

Human Rights Watch in April 2025 published a report documenting the Vietnamese government’s increased use of article 331 to target those who use social media and other means to publicly raise ...

The U.S. sanctions the notorious Francesca Albanese.

On April 3, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted by consensus a resolution about “the realization in all countries of economic, social and cultural rights”. This year’s text ...

Feb 27 (Reuters) - Nicaragua announced on Thursday it would withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council, following a UN report that urged the international community to address human ...

The United Nations Human Rights Office faces a dire financial crisis with a shortfall of at least $60 million this year due to funding cuts from donor states, its head said on Wednesday.

The United States has withdrawn from the United Nations LGBTI Core Group, a collection of countries actively supporting the rights of LGBTQ+ and intersex people globally. The U.S. withdrew from ...