At the upcoming session of the UN Human Rights Council, the mandate of the UN expert mechanism on racism in law enforcement comes up for renewal. Civil society groups and affected communities have ...

UN General Assembly resolution 60/251 requires that members elected to the Human Rights Council (HRC) uphold the highest standards in the promotion and protection of human rights. We, the undersigned ...

Iran will take the chair of a United Nations human rights social forum on Thursday, with many critical of the appointment due to Tehran’s decades-long record of human rights abuses and terrorism. "The ...

The United Nations General Assembly has rejected Russia’s attempt to block funding for the implementation of Human Rights ...

The UN condemned growing violence and pro-war propaganda in a global update at the 60th session of the Human Rights Council on Monday. “Russia’s war in Ukraine has turned even more deadly. In July, ...

Foreign Minister Gideon Saar formally announced on Thursday that Israel will withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). According to Saar’s letter, addressed to the UNHRC president ...

Russia is campaigning for a return to the United Nations’ Human Rights Council – after being suspended just last year for invading Ukraine. Will the rest of the world vote on Tuesday to reinstate it?

Venezuela has lost its seat on the United Nations Council of Human Rights — a development hailed on Tuesday by activists and human rights defenders in Venezuela as cause for celebration. The Council, ...

Indonesia still has to wait until Jan. 8, during which the council will decide on whether to accept Jakarta as its president.

The UN General Assembly elected a dozen new countries to serve on the Human Rights Council, while Germany and Sudan secured second terms. After the ballots were cast and counted, Assembly President ...

This year’s CoE ON Forum will be held under the auspices of the Moldovan Presidency of the Committee of Ministers and co-organised by the European Court of Human Rights and the Directorate General for ...