UN Human Rights Office Welcomes Nobel Prize Winner Pillay
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The United Nations is instrumental in the promotion of a system based on the rule of law at the international level, anchored in the Charter and framed by the corpus of international treaties and justice mechanisms developed under its auspices. In the ...
As President Trump pulls back U.S. funding of the United Nations, countries like China, Russia and Qatar are seeking to influence the body’s work on human rights and labor. By Mara Hvistendahl Mara Hvistendahl interviewed more than two dozen diplomats ...
The United States did not send a representative to attend a United Nations review of its human rights record, becoming the second country in history to snub the mandatory procedure. The meeting, part of the Universal Periodic Review, which takes place ...
The United Nations was established in response to the horrors of the Second World War and the Holocaust. The Holocaust has had a profound impact on International Human Rights Law, resulting in the United Nations’ adoption of foundational documents in ...
United Nations member states unanimously adopted the sustainable development agenda in 2015. It aims to ensure development that “meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet them” (1987 Brundtland Report ...
The year 2025 was difficult for human rights and human rights defenders. Unceasing attacks came from governments, including the most powerful, as well as from the private sector and non-state groups, pushing agendas in opposition to human rights.
The 30th annual United Nations climate change conference, COP30, will bring together states that are party to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change as well as thousands of experts, journalists, climate activists, and representatives from businesses and nongovernmental organizations.
The world faces a crucial choice. Do we want a rules-based international order, that upholds multilateralism and the United Nations Charter? Or a chaotic world based on unilateralism, violence, and disruption? The European Union knows where it stands.