The UN human rights chief has warned that growing inequality in income, wealth and access to resources and justice is a threat to human rights across the globe. Addressing the UN Human Rights Council, Michelle...
Latvia’s 100-seat parliament on Thursday rejected the United Nations Global Compact for Migration, which was agreed in July after 18 months of negotiations and is set to be adopted in January 2019 in Marrakesh. The...
The list of European Union member states withdrawing support for the United Nations global pact on migration is growing. The latest country to say it will stay away is Slovakia, joining Hungary, Austria, Bulgaria,...
Italy was elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council with 180 votes. For the countries of the Western European group three places were allocated and there were three candidates, meaning there are no defeated countries in the European Union area.
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis has suggested that his country will withdraw from the United Nations pact on migration. The move, which the European Commission is not happy about, comes after Austria, Hungary and...
France’s ban on the niqab, the full-face Islamic veil, is a violation of human rights, the UN Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) said on Tuesday. The UNHRC called on Paris to review the legislation, giving it 180 days to...
The United Nations' strategy on drugs for the past 10 years has been a failure, according to a major report by the International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC). The IDPC, a network of 177 NGOs concerned with drug...
The UN General Assembly on Friday voted for Denmark to become a member of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the next three years. It will be the first time that Denmark has a seat at the UNHRC table, which it...
Worldwide, too many businesses are putting profits before human rights, while governments fail to “regulate and lead by example”, argues a fresh human rights report by the United Nations. UN rights experts urge...
The number of migrants and asylum seekers from Libya to the European Union has dropped, but the proportion lost at sea has increased, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) reported on Monday. Reportedly, in the first half of...
