Reprisals against human rights defenders cited among 42 nations
A new report's evidence of threats and retaliation extends to 12 of the U.N. Human Rights Council's 47 member nations.
A new report's evidence of threats and retaliation extends to 12 of the U.N. Human Rights Council's 47 member nations.
Heavy rains and warmer temperatures make it easier for the bacteria that causes cholera to spread, posing a major setback for global efforts to eradicate the disease.
A third of the world's children have elevated levels of lead in their blood that could lead to irreversible harm, UNICEF and Pure Earth reported.
Officials sounded the alarm after the first COVID-19 infections were detected at the world's largest refugee settlement for Rohingyas in Bangladesh.
A U.N. human rights investigator urged the world body to "step up its efforts" to protect ethnic and religious minorities from the Myanmar military.
The International Court of Justice ordered Myanmar's government to do everything it can to prevent more atrocities and genocide against the Rohingyas.
Once an icon of democracy, Aung San Suu Kyi went to the International Court of Justice to deny Myanmar's military committed genocide against Rohingyas.
The United Nations could run out of money by the end of this month in the worst budget crisis that the world body has faced in at least a decade.
A U.N. fact-finding mission urged the international community to sever ties with Myanmar’s military.
Delegates to the global decision-making body will tackle ways to strengthen emergency response and restructure the agency.
Disasters and conflicts drove nations atop a list of places adding to the 28 million people newly displaced at home.
The two journalists had been imprisoned since December 2017 inside Yangon’s Insein prison for investigating the killings of 10 Rohingya Muslim men and boys.
The U.N. and other organizations urged the nation to immediately release the two Reuters journalists.
A panel found Israeli soldiers used live ammunition against thousands of unarmed protesters, killing 189 Palestinians.
Corruption has wide-ranging impacts. Transparency International says ordinary people can fight back.
The special gathering at U.N. headquarters in New York highlighted the many challenges to press freedoms globally.