The treaty body that gets the worst cooperation is the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
GENEVA (AN) — Eighty percent of the U.N.'s member nations and regional groups aren't fulfilling obligations to turn over information about their human rights record – and half those owe reports more 10 years overdue.
In a global update, the head of the United Nations human rights office emphasized the need for more cooperation from all 193 member nations. Half of those host field offices for U.N. human rights personnel.
Refugees observe the 10-year anniversary of their flight to safety from Myanmar and demand a safe return.
The report for the year ending on June 30 observes that armed conflicts increased as challenges to military rule intensified.
Reporters Without Borders said it is "hugely relieved" at the release of Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kurmasheva.
ICC prosecutors could use the U.N. report to bolster the court's work of investigating suspected war crimes committed in Gaza.
The U.N. chief calls on all nations to adopt a newer measure for phasing out powerful climate-warming chemicals.
The original target for the campaign was 640,000 children, which may have been an overestimate due to the war.
Global cooperation on health, defense, climate change and more would be at risk under a second Trump presidency.
A U.N.-led group says the world won't be able to get to net-zero emissions without first cleaning up the mining business.
