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The UN human rights chief urged countries on Monday to work together to defeat threats such as war and pollution at an event to mark 75 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that risks being overshadowed by the Israel-Hamas conflict. Ministers, diplomats and activists attended the Geneva event where Volker Turk invoked the spirit in which the newly-formed United Nations adopted the declaration in December 1948, in response to what the document calls "barbarous acts which have o...

Israel’s military is pushing ahead with its punishing air and ground offensive in Gaza, bolstered by a U.S. veto derailing U.N. Security Council efforts to end the war. Another boost

Never before in the period after World War Two has the world seen so many conflicts, with 55 now active, including a war between rival military factions in Sudan and Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the United Nations said.

The French lower house of parliament on Monday adopted a motion to reject a highly controversial immigration bill, dealing a major blow to the government of President Emmanuel Macron.The passage of the bill is far from assured in the lower house, where no side has a majority.

Last Friday, ahead of the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States of America's Department of...

Addressing data breaches and government surveillance misuse requires a balanced approach that respects national security and individual privacy.

On the occasion of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, from 25 November to 10 December, the 25th anniversary of the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders on 9 December, and the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, on 10 December, the International Commiss

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) will on Tuesday resume its emergency session on the situation in Gaza, days after the United States vetoed a UN Security Council resolution calling for a humanitarian ceasefire.

The British Government sanctionedHaitians Fednel Monchery and Joseph Pierre-Richard Duplan for their alleged roles in a 2018 massacre.

The 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights coincides with the televised feast of its violations and the veto on a ceasefire in Gaza