The worst could be yet to come in east Congo's escalating crisis, U.N. human rights chief Volker Turk said on Friday, warning that abuses including rape and sexual slavery may increase.

Ruth Halperin-Kaddari, a prominent Israeli legal scholar and former UN official, is spearheading efforts to document the sexual violence committed by Hamas during the October 7, 2023, attacks on ...

The Israeli prime minister is giving one huge welcome gift to his friend with this ceasefire. Just read the fine print.

GENEVA, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The Democratic Republic of Congo will present a motion to the United Nations Human Rights ... the establishment of a fact-finding mission will be presented in an ...

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 16 2025 (IPS ... However, some of these conflict with each other, and HR officers and staff in general are finding it a bit hard to keep up. “For any of this to be really effective ...

Donald Trump jumped to claim credit for brokering the ceasefire moments after it was announced on Wednesday, despite the fact that he was not in office for the duration of the conflict.

In separate negotiations, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum have agreed with U.S ...

The United Nations Human ... to launch an urgent fact-finding mission and commission of inquiry into atrocities being committed by all parties to the armed conflict in eastern Democratic Republic ...

The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza said on Friday that 88 people had been killed in the Palestinian territory in the past 24 hours, taking its overall conflict death toll to 46,876. Israel is ...

In recent years, the United Nations ... U.N. missions. Some U.N. members are also looking for ways to break the deadlocks in the Security Council that often prevent the U.N. from engaging in ...

• Lieut. Gen. Ulisses De Mesquita Gomes of Brazil, Monusco’s new force commander, arrives in Kinshasa, the capital of Congo, ...