The UN Human Rights Council’s decision to pursue an international treaty on the rights of older people is a landmark victory ...

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Two months after President Donald Trump announced a halt to U.S. engagement with the United Nations Human Rights Council, ...

The U.N. Human Rights Council blocked Hillel Neuer from finishing his remarks criticizing Special Rapporteur for the Occupied ...

Two successive terms of U.S. membership on the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), before the mandatory one-year hiatus, have improved the body’s performance in several ways. These improvements ...

The United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday passed a resolution demanding accountability for violations and abuses by the Syria's ousted Bashar Assad regime through transitional justice, and ...

North Korea has effectively rejected nearly half the human rights recommendations made by United Nations member states during ...

GENEVA - Two months after President Donald Trump announced a halt to U.S. engagement with the United Nations Human Rights Council, Washington is influencing its work by applying pressure publicly ...

Two months after President Donald Trump announced a halt to US engagement with the United Nations Human Rights Council, Washington is influencing its work by applying pressure publicly and behind ...