Switzerland has cancelled a conference on the application of the Geneva Conventions to the occupied Palestinian territories ...

Switzerland has cancelled a conference on the application of the Geneva Conventions to the occupied Palestinian territories ...

"In his speech, Sergey Vershinin noted the Group’s major role in upholding the UN Charter principles in their entirety and ...

Countries Tell Ukraine 'You Are Not Alone' After UN Adopts Neutral Stance on War By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - Dozens of ...

UN chief Antonio Guterres, at the Geneva meeting, said human rights around the world were being "suffocated" and made reference to horrifying abuses in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Some might be skeptical of the importance of UN scrutiny, but independent, international oversight is crucial. Without it, governments can more easily sidestep accountability and tough questions. The ...

The UN human rights chief on Monday repeated his ... Speaking at the 58th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Volker Turk said: "In Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory ...

Britain will introduce sanctions soon against Rwanda over fighting in neighbouring Congo, a minister in the UK Foreign Office told Reuters on Monday. Asked if Britain would impose sanctions on Rwanda, ...

“The security situation in eastern DRC has reached alarming levels,” Prime Minister Judith Suminwa Tuluka told the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, stressing that since ...

But this year’s visitors witnessed more than firefall on February 22. They also saw an upside-down American flag, which Yosemite employees reportedly hung over the side of El Capitan to protest ...

The 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council began on Monday with a warning of a "sharp decline" in human rights and a call for "robust" response by states. The session, which will continue ...

Flags across Oklahoma are to fly at half-staff to honor former governor and University of Oklahoma president David Boren, who died Thursday at 83. On Thursday, Gov. Kevin Stitt issued an executive ...