Human Rights Watch Submission to the United Nations Human Rights Committee During its Periodic Review of Vietnam under the ICCPR at its 144th Session.

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One of Haiti’s staunchest advocates in Congress wants to force the Trump administration to come up with a clear U.S. strategy ...

Venezuela’s ruling party-controlled National Assembly has declared Volker Türk, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, “persona non grata,” criticizing the U.N. official for failing to ...

Myanmar’s civil war is unwinnable under the circumstances. Supporting Kachin independence could secure rare earth supplies, ...

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In May 2025, the United Nations Peacekeeping Ministerial took place in Berlin, gathering over 130 Member States and ...

There have been many memorable moments in the 80-year history of the United Nations, both at its headquarters in New York and ...