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The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday suspended Russia from the U.N. Human Rights Council over reports of "gross and systematic violations and abuses of human rights" in Ukraine, prompting Moscow to announce it was quitting the body.

Russia has warned countries at the United Nations that a yes vote or abstention on a US push to suspend Moscow from the Human Rights Council will be viewed as an "unfriendly gesture" with consequences for bilateral ties, according to a note seen by Reuters on Wednesday. The United States…

"There will be accountability and justice for this brutality."

Ethiopia on Thursday failed to block the United Nations from funding an international committee that will investigate human rights violations by all parties in the nation's recent war. The International Commission of Human Rights Experts (ICHRE) on Ethiopia was created last December by the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council, despite…

Ukrainian cities have been pounded by air strikes and heavy shelling in Russia's five-week-old invasion, killing civilians in acts that may amount to war crimes, the top United Nations human rights official said on Wednesday.

The budget for Australia’s national human rights institution, the Australian Human Rights Commission, will fall significantly over the next four years.

Iran executed at least 280 people last year, according to figures published on Thursday by the UN special rapporteur on Iran. Presenting a report to the UN Human Rights Council, Javaid Rehman said the number of executions for charges related to narcotics laws had risen. “In 2021, at least 280…

Thirty-two of the 47 UN Human Rights Council members voted in favour of the resolution brought by Ukraine.

Blinken called for Russia’s ousting in an intense meeting on Tuesday where Ukrainian President Zelensky received a standing ovation and diplomats staged a mass walkout when Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov spoke