Attorneys general from 17 states have argued Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act should be declared unconstitutional ...

Members of the Polish parliament should reject a bill that would allow the government to temporarily suspend the right to ...

The Philippine government remains committed to upholding human rights and advancing inclusive development, the National ...

Paralympian John McFall has passed all the required medical exams and is now eligible for future travel to the ISS with the ...

Good health is an essential requirement for refugees to be able to rebuild their lives. Yet years or decades of forced displacement can take a significant toll on an individual’s health and wellbeing.

Kuperman, a prominent Russian human rights advocate, faces severe “terrorism” charges and is being targeted for his anti-war views and human rights work. A celebrated human rights defender, Kuperman ...

The Rwanda -backed M23 armed group has unlawfully ordered tens of thousands of displaced people to leave the camps around ...

Recently, the GNWT announced that the current affirmative action hiring policy will be rescinded on March 31 and replaced ...

Washington (AFP) – US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order withdrawing Washington from a number of United Nations bodies, including its Human Rights Council (UNHRC), and ...

The document also continued a stop to funding for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). "The US funding to the UN is excessive and unfair," the US President said while signing ...

ISRAEL VS UNRWA Israel's UN ambassador, Danny Danon, on Monday praised the expected moves by Trump, accusing the Human Rights Council of "aggressively promoting extreme anti-Semitism". "At the ...

Two successive terms of U.S. membership on the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), before the mandatory one-year hiatus, have improved the body’s performance in several ways. These improvements ...