Commission says human rights violations continue in Burundi and it would be premature to make any pronouncements on possible evolution of situation under new government
Targeted killing of Qassem Soleimani by US in drone strike January 3 at Baghdad International Airport is violation under international law, according to UN report
UN Commission says more than one million people are displaced and trapped in Idlib, scarred by fighting and abuses by all warring parties and forced to live in terror
Michelle Bachelet says social and economic crisis will not go away until political standoff is resolved
Bachelet says the pandemic has changed the global human rights landscape and deepened inequalities around the world
Report submitted to UN Human Rights Council presents chilling account of a five-year war against drugs waged by President Duterte
UN officials warn the pandemic poses an additional threat to millions of refugees and displaced people who are among the most vulnerable in the world
The UN lifeline for millions of poor, vulnerable people could be forced to stop because the WFP has received only 14 percent of $965 million
Nearly 80 million people or more than one percent of humanity have been forced from their homes
Deputy secretary-general says merely condemning expressions and acts of racism is not enough to alleviate generations of suffering resulting from racial injustice
UN food agency official says COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America threatens to also become a 'hunger pandemic'
Hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees in neighboring countries are in dire straits because of the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic
The Council will hold an urgent debate Wednesday on alleged systemic racism and police brutality in the United States
When it reconvenes, UN Human Rights Council will face important issues left hanging when its 43rd session was suspended in March because of COVID-19
WHO says lessons from previous outbreaks and effective therapeutics will bring a timely end to a new outbreak in Equateur Province
A group of African countries wants a Human Rights Council debate on racially inspired violence
More than 3 million civilians displaced by armed groups in Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Niger and Mauritania are in desperate need of help
UNHCR spokesman says government must respect international human rights and refugee protection standards
Economic fallout from the pandemic will hit youngsters, UN report warns
World Health Organization officials say pandemic is moving from Africa’s large capital cities into the hinterlands where it will be more difficult to contain the spread of the disease
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