The United Nations Human Rights Council today agreed by consensus to launch an urgent fact-finding mission and commission of ...

GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations human rights chief on Thursday appealed for $500 million in extra-budgetary resources ...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has launched a US$500 million funding appeal for 2025, to address global ...

United Nations (UN) agencies warn of worsening humanitarian and human rights crisis in eastern Democratic Republic (DR) Congo ...

High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk on Friday warned that the escalating violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) could lead to a further deterioration of the ...

A UN office has published a report carrying testimonies from North Korean defectors about their country's heightened ...

The UN rights chief said Thursday his office would need $500 million on top of its regular budget to help face towering rights challenges around the world this year. “Lives are at stake if we don’t ...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights urged “all those with influence” to move quickly to end the deadly ...

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk described the “senseless” war where alleged war crimes have been ...

More than 150 female prisoners were raped and burned to death during a jailbreak last week when fleeing male inmates set fire ...

Worse violence "may be yet to come" in the conflict-hit Democratic Republic of Congo, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights ...

The U.N. human rights chief has requested $500 million in funding for 2025 to address ongoing global rights abuses, ...