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The United Nations (UN) is pushing back against the United States after President Trump’s administration imposed sanctions on ...

The US is imposing sanctions against a senior UN official focused on the human rights of Palestinians, US Secretary of State ...

Francesca Albanese, the nominal United Nations special rapporteur for the Palestinian territories but in truth a rabid ...

An independent investigator is being sanctioned by the United States over her work scrutinizing human rights abuses in the ...

New York, NY — Human Rights First today deplored the State Department’s misuse of financial sanctions to target a United Nations special rapporteur on the basis of her advocacy for action by the ...

President Donald Trump cited what he called unfair treatment of Brazilian former President Jair Bolsonaro as he announced the new 50% duties on import goods from the South American nation, showing ...

U.S. President Donald Trump is hosting five West African leaders at a “multilateral lunch” as their region reels from the ...

Europe’s top human rights court is set to rule Wednesday on Russia’s actions in the conflict in Ukraine, including human ...

A new directive from the Israeli Ministry of Diaspora Affairs has banned dozens of political and legal advocates from the US, ...

Airbnb is currently listed in the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights' database of businesses involved in activities in Israeli settlements in the West Bank, East ...