The United Nations human rights chief has called for the lifting of Western sanctions imposed on Syria over its yearslong ...

While South Korea experiences historic domestic political turmoil, Kim Jong Un and his regime continue to threaten peace and ...

Human rights are rights that are inherent to all human beings regardless of their race, gender identity, place of birth, ...

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk called on Wednesday for a Syrian national reconciliation process to ...

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If Donald Trump’s second term is anything like his first, the incoming U.S. president will not advance the cause of human ...

The Carter administration administration marked a break from the Cold War-era policies of prioritizing strategic interests ...

A new study by the University of Portsmouth calls for human rights to be at the heart of any economic development.

Numerous families have endured and continue to suffer the endless sorrow of missing loved ones, with some tragically lost to ...

The UPR is a unique mechanism of the Human Rights Council that calls for each UN Member State to undergo a peer review of its human rights records every four-and-a-half years. The UPR Working Group ...

A joint statement urged the military regime and all armed actors in Burma to de-escalate violence, respect international ...