Addis Abeba -- In a compressive report submitted to the United Nations, leading human rights organizations Human Rights Watch and Physicians for Human Rights have alleged a broad pattern of serious violations across multiple conflict zones…
The Iraqi government has requested that the United Nations end a mission set up to promote governance and human rights reforms in the country by the end of 2025, the latest in a series of international bodies operating in the nation that…
BY ABDULRAHMAN ZEYAD Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — The Iraqi government has requested the United Nations end a mission set up to promote governance and human rights reforms in the country by the end of 2025, the latest in a series of…
Military forces in Burkina Faso killed 223 civilians, including babies and many children, in attacks on two villages accused of cooperating with militants, Human Rights Watch said in a report published Thursday. The mass killings took…
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has said it is 'horrified' by reports of mass graves containing hundreds of bodies at two of Gaza’s largest hospitals.
The United Nations Human Rights Chief Volker Türk has decried a series of Israeli strikes on Rafah in the past few days that have killed mostly children and women. He has repeated his warning against a full-scale incursion to an area to…
President Nicolas Maduro announced Tuesday that a United Nations human rights office would begin operating in Venezuela once again, after it was suspended and its staff ordered to leave in February.
United Nations human rights chief Volker Türk said he is "horrified" by an apparent mass grave site found near a medical facility in Gaza's Khan Younis. Wyre Davies with BBC News, a CBS News partner, has more.
GENEVA - The United Nations’ human rights chief said on Tuesday that he was “horrified” by reports of mass graves containing hundreds of bodies in the ruins of two hospitals in Gaza, according to a spokesperson.
A United Nations judge was unlawfully jailed when he was arrested in Turkey in the wake of a 2016 coup attempt despite holding diplomatic immunity, the European Court of Human Rights said Tuesday.
ISTANBUL (AP) — The European Court of Human Rights says a United Nations judge was unlawfully jailed after he was arrested in Turkey following a coup attempt despite holding diplomatic immunity. Aydin Sefa Akay was working as a judge for…
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. A United Nations judge was unlawfully jailed when he was arrested in Turkiye in the wake of a 2016 coup attempt despite holding diplomatic immunity, the European Court of Human Rights…
The United Nations, UN, Human Rights Office has urged all parties to exercise restraint following a suspected Israeli attack on Iran early Friday. The spokesman for the UN Human Rights Office, Jeremy Laurence, made the call on Friday in…
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer OXFORD, England (AP) — Former Ireland President Mary Robinson says having a safe climate is becoming more of a human right globally with this week’s European court decision, something warming-hit…
(NaturalNews) The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has made a historic call for the world to suspend all arms sales to Israel. This marks the latest...
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. United Nations/ India on Friday voted in favour of a draft resolution in the UN Human Rights Council that reaffirmed the "inalienable right" of the Palestinian people to self…
The United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday adopted a resolution calling for Israel to be held accountable for what it called war crimes in Gaza and urged an immediate cease-fire.