The Kenyan government should ensure that its forces in Somalia abide by the laws of war and avoid harm to civilians. The government should also promptly and impartially investigate recent incidents in which Kenyan…Continue Reading

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. General Assembly on Friday restored Libya’s membership in the U.N. Human Rights Council, ending a suspension the United Nations imposed on Tripoli as civil war broke out there.Continue Reading

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. General Assembly on Friday restored Libya’s membership in the U.N. Human Rights Council, ending a suspension the United Nations imposed on Tripoli as civil war broke out there.Continue Reading

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. General Assembly on Friday restored Libya’s membership in the U.N. Human Rights Council, ending a suspension the United Nations imposed on Tripoli as civil war broke out there.Continue Reading

The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Friday to reinstate Libya’s membership on the Human Rights Council after its new government pledged before the world body to defend human rights and establish the rule of law.Continue Reading

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. General Assembly on Friday restored Libya’s membership in the U.N. Human Rights Council, ending a suspension the United Nations imposed on Tripoli as civil war broke out there. Libyan Deputy U.N. Ambassador Ibrahim D…Continue Reading

President Dilma Rousseff, a former Marxist guerrilla who was jailed and tortured during Brazil’s military dictatorship, on Friday endorsed creation of a truth panel to probe human rights abuses during that dark period.Continue Reading

A former police chief in the border city of Tijuana and several subordinates violated the human rights of suspects and broke the law by torturing people in custody, state human rights officials charged Thursday.Continue Reading

Military-dominated Myanmar will chair Southeast Asia’s regional bloc in 2014, officials said Thursday, despite concerns from human rights groups that the country’s democratic reforms have not gone far enough.Continue Reading