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"Each assault on LGBTQI+ people is an assault on human rights and the values we hold dear," U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres reiterated recently.

Human Rights commissioner Louise Arbor When Arbour took office after 9/11, when countries which had, since 1945, set themselves up as world leaders, seemed to be rowing back on their human rights commitments.

Indonesia pledges to increase its contribution to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine (UNRWA).

Turk asks leaders to shift discussions to peace, security, digital transformation, economy, human rights.

This year’s celebration of Human Rights Day on December 10 is special because it marks the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).  The Philippines played an essential role in the drafting of the Universal Declaration—one of the most profound and influential expressions of human values and…

Foreign Minister Bjarni Benediktsson was sprinkled with glitter during the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Read more

France is allocating an additional €500,000 to step up the International Criminal Courts cybersecurity after it was targeted by a cyberattack. (…)

The U.N. World Food Programme says half of Gaza's population of 2.3 million is starving as the expansion of Israel's military assault into the southern part of the Gaza Strip, in response to October's bloody cross-border rampage by Hamas militants, has cut people off from food, medicine and fuel.

GENEVA: The Palestinian foreign minister on Tuesday accused Israel of using starvation as a weapon of war against...

The Palestinian foreign minister on Tuesday accused Israel of using starvation as a weapon of war against around 1 million Gazans, a charge an Israeli official rejected as "obscene". The UN World Food Program says half of Gaza's population of 2.3 million is starving as the expansion of Israel's military assault into the southern part of the Gaza Strip, in response to October's bloody cross-border rampage by Hamas militants, has cut people off from food, medicine and fuel...