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The number of food insecure people in Yemen has risen by three million in seven months, with an estimated 17.1 million people – more than two-thirds of the entire population of 27.4 million – now...

Reiterating that attacks targeting civilians are prohibited under international law, the United Nations human rights office confirmed dozens of casualties in airstrikes on villages near the...

We call on Aung San Suu Kyi to meet the Rohingya personally in Rakhine state as well as in Cox’s Bazar to talk to those who have fled, as well as those who have stayed, as she says the Myanmar...

United Nations human rights experts are calling for strong, urgent action by States to ensure that people around the world can enjoy the human right to live in environments free from contamination.

The United Nations human rights chief expressed strong concern about international demands that Qatar close down the Al Jazeera network and other affiliated media outlets as “extraordinary,...

The United Nations human rights chief expressed serious concern about the health of more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons as their hunger strike entered its 38th day without...

In a report issued on 3 February, the United Nations human rights arm said that the widespread human rights violations against the Rohingya population by Myanmar's security forces in the country's...

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Makarim Wibisono, today reiterated his call on the Government of Israel to...

In the wake of the recent attack on an evacuation convoy near Aleppo, Syria, and the purported use of chemical weapons in southern Idlib, the United Nations child rights body called for...

The conflict in Syria is the “worst man-made disaster the world has seen since World War II,” the United Nations human rights chief said, calling for an end to all tortures, executions and unfair...

A United Nations human rights expert has called on the Security Council and the General Assembly to explore effective diplomatic and political measures to ensure Israeli compliance with Security...

Noting “credible” reports that Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da'esh) fighters killed more than 231 civilians, including women and children, attempting to flee western Mosul over the...

The United Nations human rights office expressed great concern about the safety of civilians being evacuated in Syria, saying a weekend attack on a convoy near Aleppo likely amounts to a war crime...

The United Nations Human Rights Office (OHCHR) today expressed concern by the continued and increasing use of administrative detention by Israeli authorities against Palestinians, who are being...

Describing the situation in Yemen as one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises – ‘and one that is entirely man-made’ – the United Nations human rights deputy chief urged the national commission...