“Targeting legal professionals solely for performing their role in the justice system or exercising their freedom of ...

There has been an increase in killings of and attacks against Palestinians by settlers and security forces in the occupied ...

Since 10 July, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, has verified that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have killed at least 60 ...

UNITED NATIONS — Israel has refused to renew visas for the heads of at least three United Nations agencies in Gaza, which the ...

The US is imposing sanctions against a senior UN official focused on the human rights of Palestinians, US Secretary of State ...

Today, the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) expressed concern at the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights’ announcement that certain activities mandated by the council cannot be delivered ...

The Council of Advisers has granted final approval for establishing a mission of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Dhaka.  The approval was given on Thursday at the 33rd ...

Venezuela’s ruling party-controlled National Assembly has declared Volker Türk, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, “persona non grata,” criticizing the U.N. official for failing to ...

The Venezuela government-allied National Assembly unanimously declared United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ...

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

Srilanka, June 24 -- Volker Turk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, held a meeting with Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, at the Prime Minister's Office yesterday.