Most detainees released Thursday after UNHCR raised issue with Ethiopian officials

Cease-fire between Israel, Palestinians will not hold unless root causes of violence are addressed,

Western nations express concern about human rights situation of Uyghur Muslims in China during UN me

Human rights commissioner says military shows no sign of easing crackdown on opponents, who remain d

As the occupying power, the UN says Israel would be in violation of international humanitarian law w

UN agency says coronavirus pandemic illustrates importance of hand washing practices in preventing r

It calls for an immediate end to violence in Myanmar

According to the United Nations, the world's highest drowning rates are in Africa while the highest

This year's commemoration of World Malaria Day celebrates progress being made in eliminating disease

The 15-nation council has broken its 6-month-long silence on the escalating crisis

Critics blame President Emmerson Mnangagwa for turning back the clock to old repressive days

Lawmakers from Aung San Suu Kyi's deposed civilian government craft new constitution as Myanmar mark

UN investigator accuses military junta of likely crimes against humanit

Call comes as diplomatic squabble breaks out between Germany and Morocco after former US administrat

Christine Schraner Burgener asks UN Security Council: 'How much more can we allow the Myanmar milita

UN human rights chief says murders and sexual attacks could amount to war crimes

Members weigh in on President Moise's rule by decree, rampant insecurity and lack of inclusivity in

He says the UN has been an 'ornament' in the global vaccine strategy

Antonio Guterres says the task force should mobilize pharmaceutical companies and key industry and l

Johnson calls for universal standards for transparency regarding future pandemics

Sunday marks three years since a teenage gunman killed 17 people in Parkland, Florida

Thousands of Central Americans have attempted to travel north in recent months following back-to-bac

The Senate foreign relations committee pressed longtime US diplomat Linda Thomas-Greenfield about wh

Acting US ambassador to United Nations reaffirms Biden administration's commitment to two-state solu

Up to 25 refugees and migrants, among them four children whose boat had capsized off the Venezuelan

People allege arbitrary arrests and excessive police use of force

Weeks of war have killed thousands and worsened humanitarian crisis

Nationalist Orban has long vilified Soros, a Hungarian Jew who emigrated after World War II, as part

Guterres is calling for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in Afghanistan to boost US mediated

United Nations received reports of intimidation, harassment, arbitrary arrests and attacks against p

7 nations have more than 1 million COVID-19 cases

7 nations have more than 1 million COVID-19 cases

Michele Bachelet cites excessive and disproportionate use of force by Nigerian soldiers against peac

Russia, China and several other nations with poor or questionable rights records won seats on the co

Jovenel Moise says his comment aims to reassure university students who took to the streets to deman

Democratic presidential candidate says he or Trump should make the high court nomination after one o

Many dissidents and human rights defenders still arbitrarily detained for exercising their civic and

Grave violations have been perpetrated directly by members of State security forces and by civil and

In wide-ranging state of the European Union address, Von der Leyen comments on strength, Brexit, equ

Coalition plans to demand an end to China's impunity at UN Human Rights Council, during council's up

Michelle Bachelet believes there is no doubt Russian agents used Soviet-era nerve agent against oppo

But Poland's ambassador in Washington cautions that Moscow's goals are different from those of the W

Rights monitors report that more than 100 people remain in jail as allegations of large-scale tortur

Company says it bans all political slogans of any kind from workplace

Security forces crack down on protests against strongman Lukashenko

US could seek vote early next week on its draft UN resolution indefinitely extending the conventiona

UNHCR says security forces reportedly are intended targets of attacks by various armed groups, but c

UN official says people have a right to protest peacefully and should not be subjected to unnecessar

Antonio Guterres addressed growing global inequalities in a speech on the late Nelson Mandela's birt

Report says neither US nor Iran properly justified January attacks as self defense

Population Fund report denounces genital mutilation, child marriage, preference for male children, o

President Donald Trump said Sunday he was not briefed on reports because US intelligence sources did

Lack of progress on critical issue due to hyper-partisanship

The G-20's Debt Service Suspension Initiative will free up $12 billion in funds that countries can u

IAEA adopts resolution urging Iran to let in inspectors

At a meeting in Hawaii with a top Chinese diplomat, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged China

Deputy secretary-general says merely condemning expressions and acts of racism is not enough to alle

A group of African countries wants a Human Rights Council debate on racially inspired violence

George Floyd protests spark request