A United Nations human rights official is urging the United States to lift its sanctions on Cuba, saying they are impacting ...

The U.N.’s top human rights body is holding a one-day special session to highlight hundreds of killings at a hospital in ...

The United States will not participate in the next United Nations-administered peer review of its human rights records, the latest move in the nation’s withdrawal from the U.N. Human Rights Council.

International human rights law lays down the obligations of Governments to act in certain ways or to refrain from certain acts, in order to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms of ...

The United Nations voted to renew the mandate of the independent expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) on Monday. The UN Human ...

At the 60th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC), the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) will present its report on the human rights situation in Sri Lanka, ...

The United Nations "Human Rights" Council is attempting an end-run around the Trump administration’s well-founded criticism. An incendiary draft resolution, set for a vote next week, promises to ...

GENEVA -- All members of a team of three independent experts working for the U.N.'s top human-rights body with a focus on Israel and Palestinian areas say they are resigning, citing personal reasons ...

India has been elected for the seventh time to the United Nations' Human Rights Council for the term 2026-28, India's Permanent Representative to the UN, Parvathaneni Harish shared on Wednesday. In a ...

President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order Tuesday withdrawing the United States from the United Nations Human Rights Council, according to a White House fact sheet shared ahead of ...