The Latest Breaking News from the UN Human Rights Council

Biden administration opts out of seeking re-election to U.N. Human Rights Council, citing concerns over voting patterns and anti-Israel bias.

New report says Israeli military and Palestinian groups committed war crimes and rights abuses since October 7.

Armed conflict, violence and entrenched impunity persist in South Sudan as it prepares to hold its first elections, the UN commission investigating human rights in the country said Friday.

UK, US and others use universal periodic review to speak out over Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong

Secret vote held after 13 African members could not agree on a candidate, as some criticise Rabat’s rights record.

Move could lead to EHRC losing its A status with global body and its right to participate at UN human rights council

The US government has taken some steps to block Chinese imports made with forced labor. Britain and the EU have done shamefully little

Russia is on a mission to grab a seat on the UN’s Human Rights Council - and to add insult to injury it’s using crops plundered from its illegal war to curry favour with potential backers, writes Arpan Rai

Speaking before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva this week, Armenia's ambassador Andranik Hovhannisyan said that his country had previously warned of "looming ethnic cleansing" in Nagorno-Karabakh, stressing it was now "in progress". For Armenians, the recent attacks in the enclave have brought back bitter memories of the 1915…