Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Amir Saeid Iravani has written a letter to the UN Security Council in which he calls on the UN body to condemn the Zionist targeting of two Iranian nationals in Lebanon.

'The fundamental principles of international humanitarian law concerning the protection of civilians must be respected,' says Volker Turk.

The UN Human Rights Office is increasingly concerned that the manner in which the Israeli military is conducting hostilities in north Gaza, along with unlawful interference with humanitarian assistance and orders that are leading to forced displacement, may be causing the destruction of the Palestin...

Last week, Australia’s new government in Northern Territory passed legislation lowering the age of criminal responsibility from 12 to 10 years.

Health institutions and policymakers need to “wake up” to the danger posed by scientific racism and attempts to normalise an ideology that poses a significant threat to minority communities, thinktanks have warned.

Government data released this summer showed there were a record 9,400 permanent exclusions in 2022-23, up 45% from 6,500 in 2021-22.

The Iranian Embassy in Lebanon has announced that an Iranian woman named Masoumeh Karbasi and her husband were martyred in an Israeli drone strike in the city of Jounieh, north of Beirut.

The United Nations voiced alarm Wednesday at a recent spate of executions in the United States, where two men are due to be put to death this week.

United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a US government agency linked to human rights abuses, has contracted services from the Israeli spyware company Paragon, according to a government contracting website. Wired magazine first reported on the US$2 million contract, which the agency...

The UN Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism, Muluka-Anne Miti-Drummond, today urged action to remedy glaring disparities in access to services, including education, health and employment, in the United States mainland and Puerto Rico.