The Geneva-based 47-member Human Rights Council is the main UN body promoting and protecting human rights around the world, reviewing the situation in member countries, and providing a forum to discuss issues.
Prominent American human rights lawyer and researcher Reed Brody has voiced strong support for the people of Balochistan, calling for international accountability and independent investigations into widespread rights violations in the region.
The right to a clean environment has been rooted in the 1972 Stockholm Declaration. . Five decades later, it gets formally recognized at the global level through a UN Human Rights Council resolution.
On May 10, Israel waged a large-scale aerial offensive on the Gaza Strip after militants led by the Islamic Hamas movement, launched a barrage of rockets at Israel
EU capitals are urged to denounce "the disproportionate use of force and racist tendencies in law enforcement."
India must consider a Panglong-type conference with insurgent groups in the North East to resolve outstanding issues, and ensure that the region becomes an effective counterweight in the region's strategic sphere.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has regretted the decision announced by the US envoy to the UN Nikki Haley at a joint news conference with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
In May 2012, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers Gabriela Knaul made an official visit…
Fifteen countries, including Pakistan, have been elected to the UN Human Rights Council by the UN General Assembly. In a…
The UN Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar has sought unhindered access to verify reports of human rights abuses against the Rohingya…
