India’s influence to erode human rights may run highest in the development of digital governance standards. As a technology leader, India has become a prominent voice on the global flow of ...

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 ...

Addressing the 58th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council, Arindam Bagchi, India's permanent representative to the UN in Geneva, said, "As India was mentioned by name, ...

India’s strong retort came after UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk, in his global update to the 58th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, mentioned India and referred ...

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 rights violations by ...

The strengthening of international mechanisms to protect and promote human rights, democracy, freedom and rule of law were in the India-EU Human Rights Dialogue Friday, Jun 20, 2025 New Delhi o C ...

A delegate from Germany casts her ballot during the election of members of the Human Rights Council. “The international community is facing significant challenges with human rights increasingly under ...

The UN Human Rights Council has elected some of the world’s most oppressive regimes, including Qatar, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Ethiopia, to its membership, leading to a mockery of… ...

The apex certification body of all National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) recently deferred its re-accreditation to the National Human Rights Commission (NH ...

The UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group examined the human rights record of China, one of the 14 states reviewed during this year’s session, for the fourth time on ...

When asked in 2019 of the government’s obligation to protect human rights, India’s Home Minister Amit Shah said that while “the protection and promotion of human rights have always been an ...

Melanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada, Ukraine's ambassador Yevheniia Filipenko and other delegates gather with a Ukrainian flag after walking out of the Human Rights Council meeting ...