From incessant Gaza vetos and symbolic rejection of World Horse Day to boycotting the oceans conference, the US has been ...

Nicaragua has withdrawn from the UN refugee agency, accusing it of bias. Learn about the country’s exit and its broader ...

Human Rights Chief, Volker Türk, expressed alarm over escalating violence in Haiti on Friday, as gangs expand territory and ...

More than 20 new marine protected areas in coastal waters were announced at the third U.N. ocean conference this week.

Nearly 20% of adults from 14 countries believe they won’t be able to have as many kids as they want, new research found.

Italy’s top court rules part of involuntary psychiatric law unconstitutional; CCHR urges U.S. to adopt legal protections as ...

The Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations in Geneva and the Universal Rights Group, a human rights policy think tank, launched a new initiative in Geneva aimed at ...

The United Nations special rapporteur on Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, reiterated in his latest report his call for states to ...

Gaza became a “graveyard of international law” not just for Palestinians but for all people, says a Palestinian lawyer.

The West needs to shake off its conviction that Israel is the driving force in the region; it is Iran that is pushing it to war.The post The nightmare scenario ...

A new UN report links falling fertility rates to limited ‘reproductive autonomy’ — and recommends expanded access to abortion, contraception and gender norm changes worldwide.