The latest session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, which concluded last week, offers a glimmer of hope in what are dark times for human rights around the world.

Successes in slowing nuclear proliferation and easing world hunger are overshadowed by political deadlock and the hostile ...

A seat at the Human Rights Council or its advisory committee is a badge of honor from the international community for ...

At the 59th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council, the UK released on Tuesday a joint statement for the Interactive Dialogue with the Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian ...

Josh Bowes and Arif Aajakia exposed Pakistan's human rights abuses at the UNHRC, citing thousands missing, 'mass graves', and arbitrary detentions. They urged a UN fact-finding mission to Balochistan ...

The resolution A/HRC/60/L.1/Rev.1 on promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka has been adopted ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr Ewelina U Ochab is a Forbes contributor, lawyer, and author. Ahead of the 60th session of the U.N. Human Rights Council, ...

At the 60th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC), the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) will present its report on the human rights situation in Sri Lanka, ...

GENEVA – The United States today was absent from a presentation (starting at 2:25:05) at the United Nations Human Rights Council by Special Rapporteur on Education Farida Shaheed detailing her ...

THE Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance on Wednesday launched the second iteration of its International Human Rights Law Certificate Course ...

She serves as Executive Director of Transgender Rights Consultants Pakistan and as Human Rights Fellow at Harvard ...