International Service for Human Rights (ISHR)

Human Rights

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Each U.N. member nation is obliged to have its human rights record examined approximately every four and a half years.

Human Rights

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A human rights group and journalists question Beijing's use of 'Chinese government-organized NGOs' at the U.N.

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U.N. career diplomat Volker Türk of Austria won approval to replace former U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet.

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It had been 28 years since the Swiss last held such a protest, and the 1991 strike had been the biggest protest since 1918.

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The E.U. and eight nations condemned Saudi Arabia, demanding it cooperate with a U.N.-led investigation.

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The Nordic island nation won approval to join the U.N. Human Rights Council, filling a vacancy left by the United States.

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