The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) will hold its first high-level meeting next week over human rights abuses and violations by North Korea, diplomatic and civic group sources said Monday.

Last week, the United Nations Human Rights Office issued its first ever guidance paper on “transnational repression,” aimed at increasing awareness and understanding of this expanding global ...

I had the chance to sit down and speak with the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk about a number of issues. In today’s segment, we’re going to look at Israel’s attack on Gaza.

The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) called upon Venezuelan authorities on Tuesday to release all people arbitrarily detained since the 2024 presidential ...

We represent human rights defenders, North Korean escapees, former political prisoners, and family members of detainees, abductees, and unrepatriated prisoners-of-war. We are united by one ...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk has called for an immediate halt to the Israeli government's plan to impose full military control over ...

After Maduro's government expelled the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights from Venezuela in February 2024, the agency relocated to Panama and Geneva and continues to receive ...

The situation in Gaza requires urgent attention and response from the international community - to prevent further civilian ...

Ten Palestinians died due to famine and malnutrition over the past 24 hours, according to a statement from the Hamas-run Gaza ...

Sudan's Permanent Representative to Geneva added, "We are even more surprised that the High Commissioner has an office in Sudan and its doors are open to it to obtain information from its correct ...