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

Gang violence in Haiti has led to the displacement of more than 700,000 people, forcing them to flee their homes for safety.

Just before universities closed for the year in 2024, the Australian Human Rights Commission released its Interim Report on ...

The United States remains the largest donor to the UN, which is already facing significant budget pressures, spurring ...

United Nations rights chief Volker Turk on Wednesday said transitional justice was "crucial" for Syria after the fall of ...

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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 ...

Several governments participated in a meeting on the proliferation of commercial spyware at the United Nations Security ...

The theme for the 2025 International Day of Education, "AI and Education: Preserving Human Agency in a World of Automation," ...

A cease-fire announced Wednesday will end the 15-month war between Hamas and Israel and includes the eventual release of all ...

The United Nations has launched a second International Decade for People of African Descent. This new decade — which officially began January 1, 2025, and will continue until December 31, 2034 — will ...