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.

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 ...

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

Barclays, BP and universities listed as benefiting from ‘the Israeli economy of illegal occupation, apartheid and now ...

Nigel Farage revealed that pulling Britain out of a European human rights treaty would be one of the first things he would do ...

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

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 ...

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 ...