The U.N. Human Rights Council cut off a video statement by Anne Bayefsky in which she criticized U.N. officials, including ...

The United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva has scheduled an emergency debate on Israel's internationally criticized attack on Hamas leaders in Qatar last week. The debate, convened at the ...

GENEVA (Reuters) -The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold an urgent debate in Geneva on Tuesday on Israel's September 9 attack targeting Hamas leaders in Qatar, the Council said on Monday.

A Human Rights Watch report says that ICE raids and the targeting of political enemies shows a shift toward authoritarianism ...

Last month, the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal handed down an extraordinary decision, ordering former Chilliwack school board trustee Barry Neufeld to pay $750,000 for publicly criticizing ...

Each year in May, as Morocco marks the National Day of the National Human Rights Council, public discourse intensifies around key human rights issues—including the role of women in political and ...

Russia threw up a hurdle Monday in a US plan to hold a high-profile debate later this month on human rights during the US presidency of the UN Security Council. US Ambassador Nikki Haley wants to ...

2025 is shaping up to be an annus horribilis for the dedicated community of North Korean human rights activists. The past two months have seen U.S. funding sources and programs decimated in the wake ...

(Washington, DC) – The Trump administration’s new US State Department structure may further hamstring rights and justice-related work, with programming already decimated by foreign aid cuts, Human ...

On July 12, Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is traveling to Beijing for another “annual leaders’ meeting” with Chinese President Xi Jinping. They will discuss global and regional issues as ...

The US State Department on Tuesday released a pared-down version of its annual report meant to catalogue human rights concerns in countries around the world. The report covers the 2024 calendar year – ...