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Foreign ministry welcomes annual report of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. RAMALLAH, September 26, 2025 (WAFA) – The State of Palestine … Read more: Foreign ministry welcomes annual report of UN High Commissioner for Human RightsContinue Reading

The UN Human Rights Office issued an update to our database of businesses involved in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank,” said … Read more: OHCHR / ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS BUSINESSES DATABASE | UNifeed – UN MediaContinue Reading

Human Rights First is committed to nonviolence, transparency, and the rule of law. Our work is dedicated to ensuring that First Amendment and due … Read more: Presidential Memo Purporting to Counter Domestic Terrorism and Political Violence …Continue Reading

UN Human Rights Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani on Friday expressed alarm at the fast-deteriorating human rights situation in South Sudan, … Read more: OHCHR / SOUTH SUDAN HUMAN RIGHTS | UNifeed – UN MediaContinue Reading

… human rights Israeli attacks on Gaza continue (Photo by Abdalhkem Abu Riash). WASHINGTON. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk on … Read more: 'War crime upon war crime' in Gaza, West Bank: UN human rights chief – Anadolu AjansıContinue Reading

Civil society groups say the database, mandated by the Human Rights Council in 2016, provides a vital tool to pressure companies to withdraw from … Read more: UN lists 150 firms tied to illegal Israeli settlements | Israel-Palestine conflict NewsContinue Reading

Police fired on and killed four people in Leh, the capital of India's Himalayan region of Ladakh, on September 24, 2025, after protests over … Read more: India: 4 Dead in Protests over Ladakh Statehood | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk on Friday condemned the imposition of sanctions and arrest warrants targeting judges and prosecutors … Read more: Sanctions against International Criminal Court 'appalling': UN human rights chiefContinue Reading

… in Switzerland, on Thursday called on all parties to improve global human rights governance at the 60th session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Read more: Chinese envoy calls for improving global human rights governance at UNHRC – China DailyContinue Reading

Much of the world says human rights are being ignored in the Israel-Palestine conflict, where over 65000 Palestinians have been killed, … Read more: The Heat: UN Human Rights – YouTubeContinue Reading

In July 2022, the UN General Assembly recognized the human right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment, creating a unified framework … Read more: Global inequality in environmental conditions underpinning human rights – IOPscienceContinue Reading

The last several days I've been attending the 60th session of the Human Rights Council of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. Read more: Human Rights: A Spiritual Imperative – United Church of ChristContinue Reading

Predatory lending by microfinance institutions in Cambodia is driving land dispossession and human rights abuses against Indigenous communities. Read more: Cambodia: Microfinance Lending Harming Indigenous Groups – Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

Maryam bint Ali bin Nasser Al Misnad, met with HE United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk. The meeting took place on the … Read more: State Minister for International Cooperation Meets UN Human Rights ChiefContinue Reading