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

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

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

Ghana’s parliament has reaffirmed its commitment to advancing human rights and upholding international obligations through robust engagement with the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process.

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

SDG3, adopted by the United Nations in 2015, seeks to “ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.” But activists say Uganda must do more to address gaps in areas such as mental ...

June 26 marks a day of monumental events that have shaped our world in profound ways. Let's take a journey through time to ...

Venezuelan opposition member Pedro Urruchurtu spoke to the UN about spending more than 400 days sheltering in the Argentine Embassy in Caracas as Maduro operatives had rifles pointed at him and his ...

On World Refugee Day, civil and human rights groups highlighted the urgent need for action to address the Afghan migrant ...

The World Day against Trafficking in Persons was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly, in its resolution A/RES/68/192.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk arrived in Sri Lanka on Monday, the first visit by a UN rights chief to the island nation in nearly a decade. Turk, an Austrian lawyer ...