WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A man was shot to death by law enforcement officers Saturday during a confrontation in the central Kansas city of Wichita, authorities said. The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office ...
The Council’s membership is based on equitable geographical distribution. The UN Human Rights Council is the highest intergovernmental body for promoting and protecting human rights globally. It was ...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Saudi Arabia was defeated for a seat in the U.N.’s premier human rights body Wednesday after a campaign by rights groups urging the world body’s members to reject its bid.
UN agencies and partners have launched the second phase of a mass campaign to vaccinate some 540,000 young children in Gaza against polio. Despite deadly new devastating strikes on public shelters in ...
The HRC is the main intergovernmental body within the UN with the mandate to strengthen the protection and promotion of human rights around the world. Human rights activists have denounced ...
“Governments that commit crimes against humanity or similar atrocities and ensure impunity for those responsible shouldn’t be rewarded on the UN’s top human rights body,” he said. Mr ...