Disturbing details continued to emerge on Friday about Iran’s State-led crackdown against mass protests, while UN rights ...

Rights groups claim thousands of people, including bystanders, were killed during the unrest, which they describe as the ...

By Olivia Le Poidevin and Emma Farge GENEVA, Jan 20 (Reuters) - The U.N. Human Rights Council will hold an emergency session ...

The motion's approval extends an independent probe into human rights abuses in Iran and calls for an urgent inquiry into the violent crackdown by authorities on protesters.

By Emma Farge and Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, Jan 23 (Reuters) - The U.N. Human Rights Council will hold an emergency session on Friday to discuss the "alarming violence" used in Iran against ...

Iran’s ambassador to India, Mohammad Fathali, publicly thanked New Delhi for its vote against the resolution in Geneva ...

The latest session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, which concluded last week, offers a glimmer of hope in what are dark times for human rights around the world. Amidst talk of the erosion ...

By Emma Farge and Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, Jan 23 (Reuters) - The U.N. rights body condemned Iran on Friday for rights ...

Egypt and Vietnam are on track to secure seats on the United Nations Human Rights Council despite being woefully unfit for membership, Human Rights Watch said today. The UN General Assembly will elect ...

The United Nations welcomed two new officials to the advisory committee for its Human Rights Council this week in a vote that did not inspire confidence in the humanitarian body. Iranian diplomat ...

GENEVA, Jan 20 (Reuters) - The U.N. Human Rights Council will hold an emergency session on Iran in the coming days, with ...