A U.N. expert on Thursday called on states to impose an arms embargo and cut off trade and financial ties with Israel, which ...

The Kitsap County Human Rights Council should endorse a position for free speech and tolerance when both may be threatened.

The U.N. human rights chief says Israel’s warfare in Gaza is inflicting “horrifying, unconscionable suffering” on Palestinians and has urged government leaders to “wake up” and exert pressure on ...

A UN expert says the Philippines hasn’t done enough to turn the page on rights abuses. Her report outlines key reforms—but ...

Venezuela’s ruling party-controlled National Assembly has declared Volker Türk, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, “persona non grata,” criticizing the U.N. official for failing to ...

In an opening speech to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Volker Turk said that warning systems for abuses as well as advocacy efforts for those wrongly imprisoned would be ...

Hate speech is not an isolated issue, but a part of a deeper challenge - to trust, to truth, to democracy itself,” stated ...

In an opening speech to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Volker Turk said that warning systems for abuses as well as advocacy efforts for those wrongly imprisoned would be ...

GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. human rights chief said on Monday that donor cuts to his office would weaken global accountability efforts and be a comfort to dictators and authoritarians. In an ...