GENEVA (AP) — The United States on Friday snubbed a review of its human rights record by a United Nations body on orders of the Trump administration, which has turned its back on the Human Rights ...

Ethiopia has been elected, by consensus, as Vice-President and Bureau Member of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) ...

The United Nations Human Rights Council’s (UNHRC) session in Geneva on Wednesday was marked by the interruption and scolding of pro-Israel speakers. Meanwhile, those speaking against the Jewish state ...

President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order Tuesday withdrawing the United States from the United Nations Human Rights Council, according to a White House fact sheet shared ahead of ...

Thirty one United Nations (UN) member countries have recommended that Malawi abolishes the death penalty, which has remained a sticky issue for decades. The recommendation was made following a review ...

Following the Tanzanian authorities’ brutal response to widespread pro¬tests that took place in the aftermath of the 29 ...

The American Bar Association calls on the United States to reverse its decision not to participate in its upcoming Universal Periodic Review (UPR) before the United Nations Human Rights Council. This ...

Human rights issues—from equal treatment for minorities to freedoms enshrined in the U.S. Bill of Rights, such as speech, ...

The United Nations Human Rights Council sparked outrage on Wednesday when it announced that two of the seven experts elected to its advisory committee were from Iran and China. Hillel Neuer, Executive ...

The United Nations welcomed two new officials to the advisory committee for its Human Rights Council this week in a vote that did not inspire confidence in the humanitarian body. Iranian diplomat ...

CFR scholars provide expert analysis and commentary on international issues. Catherine Powell, an adjunct senior fellow for women and foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, is the former ...

President Trump has signed an executive order pulling the U.S. out of the United Nations Human Rights Council. "I've always felt that the U.N. has tremendous potential. It's not living up to that ...