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

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi addresses the Human Rights Council at the headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva. What follows is the transcript of his speech. I am Abbas Araghchi, Foreign ...

Venezuela’s ruling party-controlled National Assembly has declared Volker Türk, the United Nations high commissioner for ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

On Tuesday, June 17, the Kitsap County Human Rights Council heard two proposals which offer the county an opportunity to take a strong position for free speech and tolerance in a political climate ...

GENEVA – The United States today was absent from a presentation (starting at 2:25:05) at the United Nations Human Rights Council by Special Rapporteur on Education Farida Shaheed detailing her ...