Human Rights Council
UN rights chief says Taliban decree expands executions, deepens repression
The Taliban has restricted women's movements and barred girls from education beyond primary school since coming to power in 2021, via a series of morality laws limiting expression and employment.
Allegations in Epstein files may amount to 'crimes against humanity,' UN experts say
European countries slam Francesca Albanese, France demands resignation from UN Human Rights Council
'Nuremberg moment': UN Human Rights Council adopts motion for probe into Iran protest violence
Saudi Arabia’s failed UNHRC bid not just about human rights - analysis
Observers of United Nations affairs cite need for major reforms regarding way countries are elected to rights council.
UNHRC condemns Israeli annexation plans, calls for report on its impact
“We have to stand firm and say ‘no’ to what Israel and America are doing in this area,” PLO Ambassador Ibrahim Khraishi said.
The UN is rewarding China's litany of human rights abuse - analysis
The UN rewards China’s litany of human rights abuses with influential position on its Human Rights Council, rather than punishing Xi Jinping’s brutal regime.
The UN blacklist and a lesson on corporate responsibility
The UNHRC published a blacklist of companies that they claim do business with or in Israeli settlements.
NGOs to present activist with award for fighting slavery in Mauritania
Mauritania has an estimated 500,000 slaves in the country – the highest rate of slavery in the world.
Security firm owner 'proud' to be on UN business blacklist
Rachel Risby Raz, co-owner of Galshan Shvakim, said her firm protected innocent people regardless of race or geographical location, and was proud to do so.
The UN Human Rights Council's shameful blacklist
Countries with the worst human-rights records, such as Cuba and Venezuela, pushed the list due to their anti-Israel views, not because of an attachment to international law.
Pompeo: UN blacklist shows its ‘unrelenting anti-Israeli bias’
"Attempts to isolate Israel run counter to all of our efforts to build conditions conducive to Israeli-Palestinian negotiations that lead to a comprehensive and enduring peace."
UN blacklists companies with ties to Israeli settlements
The Foreign Ministry said it was cutting off ties with the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Michelle Bachelet, which had compiled the list.
Rights groups call on UN body to act against Iran
Violations by Islamic Republic continue a month after anti-government unrest breaks out
