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Trump withdraws the U.S. from the United Nations Human Rights Council Updated February 4, 2025 6:33 PM ET Originally published February 3, 2025 6:37 PM ET Deepa Shivaram ...

Russia is campaigning for a return to the United Nations’ Human Rights Council – after being suspended just last year for invading Ukraine.

Iran will take the chair of a United Nations human rights social forum on Thursday, with many critical of the appointment due to Tehran’s decades-long record of human rights abuses and terrorism ...