1. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, acting under the authority of the General Assembly, shall assume the function of providing international protection, under the auspices of the ...

Since 10 July, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, has verified that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have killed at least 60 ...

Resignations, including of former UN rights chief, come as the US imposes sanctions on international anti-Israel ...

There has been an increase in killings of and attacks against Palestinians by settlers and security forces in the occupied ...

The government of El Salvador has formally asserted it is the U.S., not the Central American nation, that retains “legal ...

In a statement released on Tuesday, the UN rights body said that it was “deeply troubled” by the killings and called for ...

The United Nations refugee agency on Tuesday urged the international community to keep focus on the plight of the Rohingya refugees amid a funding crunch and the lack of long-term solution for ...

The main purpose of the High Commissioner is to advance international cooperation in the field of human rights, to coordinate all human rights activities of United Nations agencies, to enhance ...

New York, August 24, 2022—The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and The New School’s Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy announced today a global ...

Submission to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Rights of the Child and Social Protection January 2023 ...

Submission to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on good practices and challenges to strengthen the fulfilment of the right to social ...