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

United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights Elisa Morgera on Monday presented a new report to the General Assembly calling for the criminalization of spreading disinformation regarding the ...

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

Arbitrary detentions, forced disappearances, torture and ill-treatment -- particularly during recent elections -- are among ...

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | State Minister for Internal Affairs, David Muhoozi, has reaffirmed the government’s ...

The Venezuela government-allied National Assembly unanimously declared United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ...

An advisory opinion from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights also concluded that governments have special obligations to ...

He said his focus would include building the capacity of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) to be able to meet the ...

The responsibility to protect is more than a principle — it is a moral imperative, rooted in our shared humanity and the U.N.

THE INTER-AMERICAN Court of Human Rights has issued a landmark advisory opinion on linking governments’ human rights obligations to their responsibility to address the threat of climate change.

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

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