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XX, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted by consensus a resolution about “the realization in all countries of ...

Wolfgang Kaleck, founder of the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, talks about the need for a universal, ...

Readers discuss the war in Gaza and its ripple impact elsewhere, including Hong Kong Feel strongly about these letters, or any other aspects of the news? Share your views by emailing us your Letter to ...

The “peace deal” between Russia and Ukraine apparently proposed by the United States ignores lessons of the past, and amounts ...

The U.N. Human Rights Council is attempting to do an end-run around the Trump administration by advancing an OIC-backed ...

The United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and the United ...

six Belarusian and international human rights organisations have submitted an Article 15 Communication that provides evidence of potential crimes against humanity committed by the Belarusian ...

Human rights lawyers and Aboriginal leaders lodge a complaint urging the United Nations to address Australia's "discriminatory" and "punitive" youth justice policies.

Environmental destruction should be on the same level as genocide and war crimes ... International Court of Justice, which is looking at how much nation-states are responsible for human rights ...

The human rights situation in Ethiopia remains deeply concerning, characterized by ongoing conflicts and widespread abuses.

Human Rights Day honours the memory of the Sharpeville Massacre on March 21, 1960, and other pivotal moments in the fight for ...