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 ...

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

British companies have been named and shamed by the United Nations, which has accused them of supporting a genocide carried ...

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

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

We are concerned at the unjustified labelling of a political protest movement as ‘terrorist’,” the UN experts said in a ...

On day six of the 59th Session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva, the Council heard urgent updates on rising ...

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 ...

Ukraine and the Council of Europe human rights body have signed an agreement on forming the basis for a special tribunal ...

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 ...

Compromised international institutions cannot advance human rights. Instead, President Trump will strengthen Western values among allies.

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 ...