Wolfgang Kaleck, founder of the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, talks about the need for a universal, international criminal justice system instead of one where only some nations ...

A better future for Syria, rooted in respect for human rights for all, requires addressing and ensuring meaningful, inclusive ...

Activists in the Philippines say the stunning arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte on a warrant issued by the ...

The Human Rights Council on Wednesday heard gruesome testimony of torture, rape and execution of Ukrainian detainees and ...

Racial discrimination remains one of the most destructive social issues, Human Rights Commissioner Maria Stylianou-Lottides emphasised in her statement on Friday, March 21, marking the International ...

The report, to be released at 11am BST on Tuesday (18 March), will include urgent recommendations to the government of Bangladesh, militants and international actors ...

An elected leader once dubbed “The Punisher” is on his way to The Hague to face trial for crimes against humanity during a ...

The United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and the United ...

Amnesty International raised concerns on Tuesday regarding the ongoing human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Since the Rwandan-backed rebel group, M23, captured the city of ...

Hundreds of dead bodies collected in under a monthAlarming increase in rapes and other sexual violence in North and South KivuOn one night, over 130 people were abducted from Goma hospitals by M23 ...

The arrest represents a significant victory for the I.C.C., but only a narrow set of circumstances made it possible.

Palestinians have described alleged abuses by Israeli forces and settlers to independent U.N.-backed human rights ...