Behind the positive impressions cited by UN Human Rights Chief lie continued efforts to haul Lanka for war crimes Repeal of ...

Justice Minister Harshana Nanayakkara has refuted UN Human Rights High Commissioner Volker Türk’s statement that a bill to decriminalise same-sex marriages is before Parliament. The Justice Minister ...

The temporary protected status designation, or TPS, for Haitian nationals in the United States expires in early August and ...

Civil and political freedoms in Venezuela have sharply deteriorated over the past year, according to the United Nations’ top ...

Venezuelan opposition member Pedro Urruchurtu spoke to the UN about spending more than 400 days sheltering in the Argentine Embassy in Caracas as Maduro operatives had rifles pointed at him and his ...

Iran formally lodged a complaint with the UN Human Rights Council on Friday, following this month's war with Israel. In a ...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk visited a recently discovered mass grave site on Jaffna's outskirts ...

A ceasefire between Israel and Iran has momentarily eased regional tensions after days of intense exchanges. But while international headlines shift to this geopolitical breakthrough, the humanitarian ...

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, emphasized the importance of Sri Lanka's domestic accountability in handling human rights issues. Speaking in Colombo, he highlighted the need ...

The number of Ukrainians killed and injured in the first five months of 2025 has increased by 1.5 times compared to the same ...

"The world has completely forgotten the crisis in Sudan" where "a slow death" has become the plight of millions, decried Adam Rojal, spokesperson of the General Coordination of Darfur Displaced People ...