A day after US hit three Iranian nuclear sites, the country’s foreign minister is making his way Moscow to meet Russian ...

Like other UN departments, the Human Rights Council has been ordered to trim spending. Its bureau responded by limiting speaking time and scrapping certain debates, shortening the session by two and a ...

The government of Eritrea has been working the corridors of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva to try to end ...

Last week, the United Nations Human Rights Office issued its first ever guidance paper on “transnational repression,” aimed ...

Israel's ambassador to the U.N. in Geneva has raised "vehement objection" to Iran addressing the Human Rights Council ahead ...

The U.N. Security Council met on Sunday to discuss U.S. strikes on Iran's nuclear sites as Russia, China and Pakistan ...

A Chinese envoy to the world body pushed back against what he called the ‘politicization’ of human rights following remarks by the UN’s special envoy on Myanmar.

The U.N. human rights chief says Israel’s warfare in Gaza is inflicting “horrifying, unconscionable suffering” on ...

China’s sex industry, which is booming despite official prohibitions, reveals the deep structural and human rights issues at the intersection of economic hardship, systemic gender imbalance, and ...

For the first time in its history, the United Nations General Assembly held a high-level meeting addressing the human rights situation in North Korea. The meeting took place on May 20 (local time ...

-China said on Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump's accusations that Beijing had violated the consensus reached in Geneva trade talks were "groundless", and promised to take forceful measures ...

The United States on Wednesday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza because it was not linked to the release of hostages, saying it would ...