World body’s Commission of Inquiry submitted to the UN Human Rights Council singles out crime of genocide against Yazidi minority
Refugee chief Antonio Guterres will meet with thousands of Cameroon's internally displaced residents and Nigerian refugees, all of whom have been affected by Boko Haram insurgents' attacks
Doctors Without Borders issues critical analysis of global response to the crisis, worst Ebola outbreak in history
Ambitious new strategy calls for a 95 percent reduction in TB deaths and a 90 percent reduction in cases of TB by 2035
UN Children’s Fund reports 250 child soldiers released in remote village of Lekuangole, in Jonglei state, including four girls - one as young as 9
AP report had said declaration was delayed for fear of hurting West African economies or interfering with the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca
UNICEF says South Sudan parties repeatedly have pledged to refrain from recruiting child soldiers and repeatedly have broken their commitments
WHO says diseases including child-killing, vaccine-preventable diseases, have been neglected as resources are diverted to flight Ebola
Investigators say they find scale of abuses, nature of crimes particularly shocking; some can be qualified as crimes against humanity, genocide
In exclusive interview with VOA, Robert Piper says UN scrambling to raise money to respond to crisis in region triggered by militant group Boko Haram
Special Investigator Yanghee Lee documents crackdowns on freedom of expression, ethnic and religious discrimination, other cases of human rights abuse
Ad hoc law court would bring to account alleged perpetrators of war crimes and crimes against humanity in war-torn nation
UNICEF warns epidemic will continue to devastate lives in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea as long as one case of deadly disease remains
International Labor Organization says women are marginally better off now than they were 20 years ago
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights says efforts by states to combat terrorism are resulting in large scale rights violations against the very citizens they claim to defend
UN health agency issues new guidelines recommending adults, children reduce daily consumption of free sugars to less than 10 percent of total energy intake
UN agency says it will begin transferring refugees fleeing Boko Haram violence to transit site at Kousseri, 90 kilometers from border
To mark International Ear Care Day on March 3, UN agency urging teenagers and young adults to turn down the volume to prevent irreversible damage
New report says fighting between pro-Russia rebels, Ukrainian government forces continues to escalate despite successive cease-fires
Discrimination, racism, islamophobia and anti-semitism among many issues to be explored UN human rights council session in Geneva
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