Qatar has been praised at the United Nations’ top human rights body for improving labor laws before the 2022 World Cup.

Last week, the United Nations held elections for seats on the UN’s esteemed Human Rights Council. Member states to this council are supposed to represent the nations which uphold and promote the ...

Dictatorships like Cuba are members of the U.N. Human Rights Council. Joaquin Hernandez Xinhua/Sipa USA The recent vote that turned down Saudi Arabia’s bid for a seat at the United Nations ...

"Worst of all, the great majority of crimes against journalists remain unpunished. According to the latest data, 85% of these ...

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 ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — President-elect Donald Trump confirmed his plan to appoint U.S. Congressmember Elise Stefanik as U.S ...

Qatar received feedback and praise at the Human Rights Council in Geneva during its first ever five-yearly review. During ...

Today, a group of 12 NGOs, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, called on the United Nations Human Rights Council to investigate abuses committed during Israel’s war on Lebanon, ...

A group of NGOs pressed countries on Wednesday to hold an emergency session of the United Nations Human Rights Council to set up an investigation into abuses committed by both sides of the ...

Iran’s High Council for Human Rights has strongly condemned the Israeli regime’s acts of terror, assassination and massacre ...

Kenya was among several African countries elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on 9 October. The ...

Western envoys in Kenya have raised concerns over reports of arbitrary arrests and enforced disappearances and urged for swift investigations as the country takes up its seat in the United Nations ...