A growing wave of international condemnation has poured in over the renewed effort to name late president Suharto ( pic, left ...

Nicaragua has withdrawn from the UN refugee agency, accusing it of bias.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.

This conflict cannot be resolved with a two-state solution. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stressed this point recently, warning the Security Council that hope for a two-state ...

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

Escalating gang violence in Haiti has displaced a record 1.3 million people, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on Friday ...

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

In today’s major global conflicts – in Palestine, Ukraine and Sudan – the UN’s role has largely been in the area of a ...

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 ...