UN-backed rights experts hear Palestinians’ allegations of abuse in Israeli custody during the war
Palestinians have described alleged abuses by Israeli forces and settlers to independent U.N.-backed human rights ...
UN rights chief deeply worried about direction of US policy under Trump
The United Nations rights chief expressed deep concern on Monday about a "fundamental shift in direction" by the United ...
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Unelected UN Human Rights Chief Rails Against ‘Global Power Dynamic’ of ‘Unelected’ Tech ‘Oligarchs’
The head of the UN’s Human Rights Council, Volker Türk, says the rise of ‘tech oligarchs’ is as ‘equally alarming’ as other major human catastrophes, ...
Women’s rights are under attack 30 years after leaders adopted a blueprint for equality, UN says
Thirty years after world leaders adopted a historic blueprint to achieve gender equality, a new United Nations report says ...
United Nations and human rights groups slammed for silence on Christian persecution in Syria
Author Ayaan Hirsi Ali has hit out at human rights lobby groups and the United Nations for their silence on the atrocities ...
United Nations report accuses Israel of sexual violence against Palestinians; Benjamin Netanyahu claims anti-Israel bias
UN experts accuse Israel of gender-based violence in Gaza war, sparking backlash from Israeli PM and potential ICC ...
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National Human Rights Institution concludes participation in GANHRI Annual Meeting in Geneva
The National Human Rights Institution (NHRI) has concluded its participation as an "observer" at the 2025 annual meeting of ...
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Columbia University human rights fellow convicted for having a slave
A British jury convicted United Nations Judge Lydia Mugambe on Thursday of forcing a Ugandan woman into domestic servitude after luring her to the U.K. under false […] ...
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‘At war with its own people’: Nicaragua leaves UN Human Rights Council after damning report
Nicaragua has withdrawn from the United Nations Human Rights Council following a damning report by U N experts accusing ...
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Duterte’s arrest backed by evidence of human rights abuses—UN
The arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte is supported by overwhelming evidence of widespread and systematic ...
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U.S. Cuts Funding for Key U.N. Human Rights Projects
The U.S. government has issued termination notices for five U.N. human rights projects, impacting initiatives in Equatorial Guinea, Iraq, Ukraine, and Colombia, as well as a fund for indigenous people ...
The United Nations is an enabler of Saudi Arabia’s oppression of women
Women have no rights in Saudi Arabia. As Rahaf puts it, in Saudi “a woman is a nullity.” It’s hard to overstate the level of ...