Tag: Human Rights Council

The UN General Assembly voted Thursday to suspend Russia from the global body's Human Rights Council as punishment for its invasion of Ukraine as...

Severodonetsk—Civilians in eastern Ukraine struggled to evacuate Friday as Russia redirects its firepower, with President Volodymyr Zelensky warning of “even more horrific” devastation being...

Countries considering introducing vaccine mandates in the fight against COVID-19 must ensure they respect human rights, the UN rights chief said Wednesday, stressing that...

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In 1945, the Philippines, along with 50 other states, founded the United Nations. We were not yet independent. But the Filipino people—for having taken in...

The Palace on Friday rejected the call for a United Nations inquiry into the country’s war on drugs, calling it an “interference with the...

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A group of UN rights experts called Friday for the Human Rights Council to establish an independent probe into violations in the Philippines, including alleged...

United Nations"•The year 2019 started off at the United Nations with Somalia brazenly kicking out the UN envoy, followed soon after by Guatemala ditching...

The Trump administration withdrew from the United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday, making good on a pledge to leave a body it...