The head of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights has backed Pescara’s Sulley Muntari after he walked off against Cagliari. The Ghanaian midfielder was subjected to racist abuse from the...
The United Nations' top human rights official hailed Pescara's Ghanaian midfielder Sulley Muntari as an 'inspiration' for leaving the pitch in protest after the player said he was booked for...
The United Nations’ top human rights official hailed Pescara’s Ghanaian midfielder Sulley Muntari as an ‘inspiration’ on Monday for leaving the pitch in protest after the player said he was...
A new UN body tasked with identifying individuals guilty of atrocities in Syria should start work shortly, a key step towards holding war crimes suspects to account, the UN rights chief said Monday....
The UN said Wednesday it had found a further 17 mass graves in the Democratic Republic of Congo's central Kasai region, an area plagued by violence between tribal militias and security forces....
The UN rights chief on Wednesday condemned Sri Lanka's persistent failure to probe war-era atrocities, suggesting the government was afraid of punishing soldiers who committed abuses during the...
The UN rights chief warned Tuesday that a "tidal wave of bloodshed" over more than six years of war in Syria had effectively turned the country into a "torture chamber". "As the conflict enters its...
The UN's top rights official on Wednesday called for a high-level investigation into abuses committed against civilians in the violence-wracked Democratic Republic of Congo following the discovery of...
The UN human rights chief took aim at US President Donald Trump Wednesday, saying the country needed better leadership to meet grave challenges like surging xenophobia and religious discrimination....
The UN on Friday warned that a range of serious abuses, including torture, appear to remain widespread in Sri Lanka and criticised the country's slow progress in addressing wartime crimes. "A number...
A trial of dozens of aides to ousted Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi is failing to uphold international rights norms in its treatment of defendants, a United Nations report said Tuesday. Libya has...
U. N. human rights experts said on Wednesday U.S. President Donald Trump's travel ban on nationals from seven Muslim-majority states contravenes international law and could lead to people denied...
The United Nations' top human-rights official has accused South Sudanese government troops and rebels of ethnically targeted atrocities, including extrajudicial executions and rapes, during renewed...
