High Commissioner Volker Türk says he has not been allowed access to inspect El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison.

“Caught in the middle of this unending horror story are the Haitian people, who are at the mercy of horrific violence by gangs and exposed to human rights violations from the security forces and ...

A U.N. special rapporteur has been sanctioned by the United States over her work as an independent investigator scrutinizing ...

The US is imposing sanctions against a senior UN official focused on the human rights of Palestinians, US Secretary of State ...

There are many things that happened in this war that are clearly war crimes,” Volker Türk, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, says about Israel’s war on Gaza. Democracy Now!'s Amy ...

I stand firmly and convincingly on the side of justice, as I have always done.” The words of Francesca Albanese, who tweeted on X, ring out in a world still trying to catch its breath after the US ...

Is the United States remaking the rules of global justice, or merely defending its own? The latest sanctions imposed on Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on Palestinian human rights, have ...

Venezuela’s ruling party-controlled National Assembly has declared Volker Türk, the United Nations high commissioner for ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio denounced Francesca Albanese, a special rapporteur, for calling for international ...

NAIROBI, Kenya -- Kenya’s president on Wednesday broke his silence on recent anti-government protests that left dozens dead, ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the U.S. has sanctioned UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese over her ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio slapped Treasury sanctions on United Nations Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur Francesca ...