Thailand saw the number of scam calls and text messages more than double to a record 168 million in 2024 from a year earlier, ...
Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to provide input to inform the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights’ report on the rights of the child and violations of human rights in armed ...
GENEVA — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres says human rights are being “suffocated” around the world, lashing out at ...
The U.N. human rights chief on Monday warned that a system of global protections built in the decades after World War Two has ...
Examining countries that have successfully implemented anti-corruption measures — such as Asia’s South Korea, Bahrain, Japan and Singapore — may provide valuable insights into this phenomenon ...
Written in the aftermath of World War II, the Charter was crafted as a solemn promise to prevent future generations from enduring the atrocities of warfare. Seventy-five years ago, on October 24, 1945 ...
The High Commissioner is responsible for the direction and control of UNHCR. He or she directs our work with the assistance of a Deputy High Commissioner and Assistant High Commissioners for ...
The IAEA Director General has been in Japan this week, supporting local efforts to enhance nuclear safety and environmental remediation, as the country prepares to restart its nuclear power plants ...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed revenge on Hamas on Thursday after the group released what it said were the bodies of ...
The representative of the UN Human Rights Office in Seoul expressed sadness on Monday at the death of Arimoto Akihiro, the father of one of the Japanese abducted by North Korea decades ago.
Gil was an active participant in the movement demanding redress for the victims of military sexual slavery by imperial Japan ...
Bangladesh's former government was behind widespread and systematic attacks on protesters as it strived to hold onto power ...