Human Rights Commission

JOHANNESBURG  — South Africa's president filed a $700,000 defamation suit over a cartoon depicting him with his pants undone, preparing to rape a…

You may wonder why a man just shy of his 88th birthday would get up at five in the morning to fly to Omaha to give a speech. Frankly, since accepting…

The United States is submitting its human rights record to the scrutiny of other nations — both allies and adversaries — for the first time, as the…

The UN Human Rights Council report that has scathingly condemned Israel for last May’s Mavi Marmara incident was no bolt from the blue. Indeed, any…

What are the limits? Sir, – I read Rebecca Anna Stoil’s report, “Zoabi: Try PM, Barak in international court” (August 31) with great interest. What…

MK Haneen Zoabi (Balad) is expected to testify on Tuesday morning before a UN committee probing the May 31 Gaza flotilla raid. She promised on…

MEXICO CITY — Mexico is the most dangerous country in the Americas for journalists and the violence against reporters may increase, investigators…

MEXICO CITY — Mexico's  National Human Rights Commission called on the government Tuesday to find four Mexican journalists reported missing in or…

Ahmed al-Ghamdi, the chief of the religious police in Mecca, caused a stir earlier this year when he declared that there were no Islamic texts…

Seven countries accused of human rights violations, including Libya, Angola and Malaysia, won seats on the UN Human Rights Council in an uncontested…

Israeli officials expressed surprise and bewilderment on Thursday at reports the Obama administration is preparing to join an international advisory…

The possible election of Libya and Qatar as two new members to the United Nations Human Rights Council is being fiercely criticized by human rights…

Noam and Aviva Schalit, the parents of captured IDF soldier St.-Sgt. Gilad Schalit, are set to travel to Geneva on Sunday in order to address the…

The picture says it all. A two-year-old Palestinian girl lies sad-eyed in a hospital bed. You just need to know how to interpret the information in…

WASHINGTON – In the past year, the UN Human Rights Council passed a resolution praising Sri Lanka, took no action on Iran and passed 18 resolutions…

WASHINGTON – In the past year, the UN Human Rights Council passed a resolution praising Sri Lanka, took no action on Iran and passed 18 resolutions…

Mexico's top public safety official, his deputy and seven others died in a helicopter crash in the mountains west of Mexico's capital on Wednesday.…

Humanitarian disasters around the world bring out the best in Israel and in Israelis. The horrific devastation caused by the earthquake in Haiti and…

A journalist was gunned down this week as he left a holiday party in the Mexican Caribbean resort town of Tulum, human rights officials and an…

Israel has already investigated 26 out of 36 allegations of misconduct during Operation Cast Lead, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said in an…