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Has Israel breached international law in Gaza with its military response to Hamas's atrocities? The UN's human rights chief says that both sides have committed war crimes. Volker Turk pointed to Hamas's horrific attacks on October 7, as well as the militant group continuing to hold hostages. But he also…

‘We have fallen off a precipice. This cannot continue’

The U.N. rights chief says the Taliban have waged a systematic assault on the freedom of Afghanistan's people

The United Nations human rights chief on Monday issued a grim warning about the “environmental horror” being suffered by countries on the frontlines of climate change – adding that food insecurity and human rights crises were now a lethal reality.

UN human rights chief Volker Turk calls on Dhaka to create a ‘safe’ environment for activists and civil society leaders.

The UN mission documents 800 cases of serious rights violations despite amnesty; Taliban dismisses the report.

A new U.N. report says more than 200 extrajudicial killings of former Afghan government officials and security forces have taken place since the Taliban took over the country two years ago

ECOWAS could send a diplomatic mission to Niger on Saturday, an official said Friday, as ECOWAS defence chiefs continued their talks in Ghana on the crisis in Niger after coup leaders there ignored the West African bloc's deadline to step down. The news comes as the US said it is…

First discussion of isolated country’s human rights in six years draws anger from Russia and China.