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Prime minister rules out general ceasefire as Israel marks a month since Hamas attack

‘This will be my last communication to you,’ top official says in letter addressed to UN’s High Commissioner in Geneva

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.

The UN refugees head said the Government’s asylum plans expose refugees ‘to grave risks in breach of international law’.

THE United Nations have issued an extraordinary statement condemning the UK Government for being “in breach of international law” with its newly…

United Nations human rights chief appeals for international action with millions in urgent need of help.