Last week, the United Nations held elections for seats on the UN’s esteemed Human Rights Council. Member states to this council are supposed to represent the nations which uphold and promote the ...

At the upcoming session of the UN Human Rights Council, the mandate of the UN expert mechanism on racism in law enforcement comes up for renewal. Civil society groups and affected communities have ...

We, the undersigned organizations and individuals, welcome and commend the decision of the President of the Republic of Korea ...

GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.'s top human rights body called on countries to stop selling or shipping weapons to Israel in a resolution passed Friday that aims to help prevent rights violations against ...

Foreign Minister Gideon Saar formally announced on Thursday that Israel will withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). According to Saar’s letter, addressed to the UNHRC president ...

The UN condemned growing violence and pro-war propaganda in a global update at the 60th session of the Human Rights Council on Monday. “Russia’s war in Ukraine has turned even more deadly. In July, ...

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 state ...

United Nations members rejected Saudi Arabia’s bid to join the organization’s Human Rights Council amid opposition from activists who say the Gulf nation remains among the worst human rights offenders ...

GENEVA – The United Nations Human Rights Council today called on the United States to resume its cooperation with the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), a mechanism that calls for each UN Member State ...

President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order Tuesday withdrawing the United States from the United Nations Human Rights Council, according to a White House fact sheet shared ahead of ...

The Moroccan Human Rights Council expressed today its view that culture, human rights, and development cannot be treated as separate domains.