New York, Nov 21 (JEN): Despite collective efforts, much remains to be done towards universal ratification of the Rome Statute, the treaty that established the International Criminal Court ( ...

New York, Nov 19 (JEN): A spate of armed robberies and extrajudicial killings, including those of army soldiers and a senior magistrate, has shaken Bangui, capital of the conflict-torn Centr ...

New York, Nov 19 (JEN): Visiting the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland, where millions of Jews and members of other minorities perished during the Second World War, Uni ...

New York, Nov 16 (JEN): Tackling human rights issues in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is crucial to pave the way for justice and reconciliation in the wider Korean Peni ...

New York, Nov 16 (JEN): The United Nations refugee agency Friday said it is deeply concerned over reports of some European Union (EU) countries denying entry or forcibly returning asylum-se ...

New York, Nov 16 (JEN): While there has been good progress so far in the effort to destroy Syria’s chemical weapons, a great deal of work remains, the Organisation for the Prohibition of ...

New York, Nov 16 (JEN): A resolution before the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on the deferral of the International Criminal Court (ICC) trials of Kenya’s President and his deputy ...

New York, Nov 14 (JEN): A United Nations independent expert Wednesday urged Qatari authorities to use the 2022 soccer World Cup to improve the situation of migrant workers and their familie ...

New York, Nov 13 (JEN): The United Nations General Assembly Tuesday elected 14 countries to serve on the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) for a period of three years beginning on J ...