UN rights chief accuses authorities in Myanmar of trying to whitewash their treatment of Muslim minority
Commission could help counter the sharp deterioration in country’s security and political situation
All armed groups in country’s restive province guilty of mass atrocities, yet few perpetrators brought to justice, say UN investigators
Millions of Yemeni children are at risk of death from bombs, disease, and malnutrition, and they are vulnerable to trafficking and recruitment as child soldiers
Eritrean prisoners are kept in overcrowded cells where food is inadequate and poor nutrition and lack of health care often leads to death in custody
UN: Proposal's effectiveness on maritime refugees and migrants will be seen in its implementation
UN says fighting could be as bloody as the violence in eastern Ghouta earlier this year
Tens of thousands of civilians fleeing region as fighting between Russia-backed Syrian government forces and rebels escalates
Urgent action must be taken to avert looming global crisis as number of people needing care rises, says new ILO report
UN probe finds credible evidence that widespread and systematic attacks, possibly amounting to crimes against humanity, continue against the Rohingya
UN investigators have found struggle for Damascus suburb barbaric and medieval, with all warring parties guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity
Opioid crisis reaches alarming proportions worldwide and threatens to become a major public threat
UN, international aid agencies working around the clock to lessen risks of flooding and landslides caused by rains in Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazaar
UN investigator Philip Alston says Ghana has a very big problem of corruption and failure of government to collect taxes strips country of important revenue
Fighting in Hodeida could trigger another cholera epidemic in Yemen, which infected more than one million and killed over 2,000 last year
Report says United States is most unequal society in developed world
In theory, Israel, a member of the Western group, could assume the seat vacated by the United States - if elected by the General Assembley
Detention and family separation ‘can leave children more vulnerable to exploitation and abuse, and can create toxic stress,’ UN Children’s Fund says
Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein calls rise of extreme nationalism promoted by self-serving, callous leaders most destructive force to imperil world
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