
International Finance Corporation case is a challenge to immunity rules
Justices are deciding if the World Bank's financial lending arm has the same immunity afforded to nations under U.S. laws.
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Justices are deciding if the World Bank's financial lending arm has the same immunity afforded to nations under U.S. laws.
The ONE Campaign says at least 669 million people worldwide would have needlessly died between 1990 and 2016.
Judges ruled sanctions reinstated by the Trump administration breached a treaty between Iran and the U.S.
A new review of U.N. whistleblowing policies and practices by the U.N.'s Joint Inspection Unit showed little improvement.
At the U.N. General Assembly, the U.S. president attacked the world body as a largely useless "global bureaucracy."
A U.N. panel identified six Myanmar military leaders it said should be prosecuted for genocide against Rohingya Muslims.
Trump's national security adviser harshly condemned the International Criminal Court, which is hated by conservatives.
The U.N. secretary-general demanded that nations act far faster and more decisively to combat the climate crisis.
Newly installed U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet took on Myanmar by calling for the release of two journalists.
A panel of U.N. human rights investigators proposed assigning 'an independent, impartial mechanism' to collect evidence.
International organizations are calling on governments and technology companies to adopt a human rights declaration.
With the U.S. reversal, Iran's planned economic opening to the West depends on its European, Russian and Chinese partners.
Muslim anger at efforts to satirize Prophet Muhammad stirred OIC to propose a ban against incitement of religious hatred.
Three independent human rights experts traveled to Bangladesh to meet with newly arrived Rohingya refugees.
A new global pact for promoting safe migration is advancing at the U.N. without the participation of the U.S. and Hungary.
Until now, OPCW has been unable to name those it found responsible for carrying out chemical weapons attacks.