By Nick Cumming-Bruce The commission, which is looking at possible human rights violations by Hamas ... The rapporteurs filed the complaint with the United States on Jan. 11 but kept it ...

For more background, see successive civil society letters to the Human Rights Council, including: DefendDefenders et al., “Burundi: Vital role of the Commission of Inquiry in prompting ...

As political changes loom and minority communities face violence, religious minorities urge the government to remove Islam as ...

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However, a new report by the United Nations high commissioner for human ... Between January 2023 and March 2024, the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka recorded 21 alleged extrajudicial killings ...

Citing the second paragraph of Article 21 of the Federal Iraqi Constitution, which prohibits the extradition or forced return ...

The resolution passed but the vote demonstrated persistent flouting international law in favour of strategic interest.

Migrants and asylum seekers are bussed out to Tunisia’s desert borderlands with Libya or Algeria and abandoned with no money, ...

A United Nations delegation is set to visit Nigeria from 8 to 19 September 2024 to assess the country's efforts to prevent torture and improve the treatment of people in detention.

Before his death, López had been provided protection by Honduran authorities and the Inter-American Commission on Human ...

Pope Francis has arrived in East Timor to encourage its recovery from a bloody and traumatic past and celebrate its development after two decades of independence from Indonesian rule.