Cyprus and the United Nations agency for refugees are clashing over allegations that the east Mediterranean island nation ...

The Human Rights Council on Wednesday heard gruesome testimony of torture, rape and execution of Ukrainian detainees and ...

Russia's "widespread and systematic" use of enforced disappearances and torture of Ukrainians during its full-scale invasion ...

The United Nations process for evaluating national human rights records is long and complex, but offers valuable material for ...

A better future for Syria, rooted in respect for human rights for all, requires addressing and ensuring meaningful, inclusive ...

Silence is not an option in the fight for human rights – that was the message on Thursday at an event honouring the legacy of ...

Geneva, SANA-The chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria, Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, called for the ...

The Australian Human Rights Commission marked the importance of combating Islamophobia and reaffirm our commitment to ...

The United Nations Human Rights Council should renew the mandate of the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Iran and ...

Russian authorities carried out enforced disappearances and torture, a UN report concludes. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The substance, hexahydrocannabinol, has never previously been scheduled. The US abstained for reasons unclear.

A coalition of Iranian and international human rights organizations, joined by UNPO, has issued a joint letter urging UN ...