An independent investigator is being sanctioned by the United States over her work scrutinizing human rights abuses in the ...

The United Nations’ special rapporteur for Gaza and the West Bank has called for global action to stop what she describes as ...

In a new attack on international bodies, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio imposed sanctions on a United Nations special ...

New York, NY — Human Rights First today deplored the State Department’s misuse of financial sanctions to target a United Nations special rapporteur on the basis of her advocacy for action by the ...

Regulations Minister David Seymour has been given a telling-off by the prime minister for sending a scathing letter to a United Nations official about his red-tape-busting legislation. Speaking to ...

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations, a collaborative global dream built into reality out of the ashes of World War II, marks its 80th anniversary this month. But there’s little to celebrate ...

Background The mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Eritrea was created by the UN Human Rights Council in 2012 and supplemented by a two-year Commission of Inquiry on ...

The Special Representative reiterated the United Nations’ commitment, in coordination with its partners, to continue supporting the people of Burkina Faso in their quest for peace and prosperity, ...

UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese appeared at a panel discussion on Palestine in Bern on Monday evening. This was despite the fact that the Un ...

The item entitled “Need to consider suggestions regarding the review of the Charter of the United Nations” was included in the agenda of the twenty-fourth session of the General Assembly at ...

The International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica calls for special observances and activities in memory and honour of the victims of the 1995 genocide in ...