A United Nations draft report on sex-based violence against women and girls calls gender dysphoria “socially contagious” ...

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Greece’s parliament has approved a three-month suspension of asylum claims for migrants arriving from Libya despite strong criticism from the United Nations refugee agency and Europe’s top human right ...

Venezuela's ruling party-controlled National Assembly has declared Volker Türk, the United Nations high commissioner for ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it is issuing sanctions against an independent ...

The United Nations voted to renew the mandate of the independent expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) on Monday. The UN ...

In May the leading U.N. agency for gender equality, U.N. Women, reported that 90% of women's rights organizations in ...

A resolution on new technology's impact on human rights, whose proposal was led by Korea, was adopted by consensus (agreement ...

Marco Rubio's proposal will wipe out expertise and infrastructure that promote justice abroad and keeps Americans safe at ...

The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Tuesday raised concerns over the Saba Saba day ...

Latin America's top human rights court has issued a groundbreaking advisory opinion linking states’ human rights obligations ...