Interim Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib meets with United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk at the Lebanese Foreign Ministry in downtown Beirut. Camera: WAEL HAMZEH.

The death toll in Gaza has reached over 46,600, according to recent figures from the Gaza health ministry. According to their ...

Human Rights First is pleased to announce that Scott Busby, a distinguished expert and advocate with over 30 years of experience in human rights, refugee protection, and migration issues, has joined ...

The human rights record of The Gambia will be examined by the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the fourth time on Tuesday, 21 January 2025, in a ...

The group cited events in Bangladesh, India and South Korea as promising but also warned of eroding rights elsewhere in Asia ...

As you would expect, it makes for some grim reading. In much of the world, government repression has expanded and deepened, ...

Warring parties in Yemen, especially the Houthis, further repressed civil society and obstructed and endangered the provision of humanitarian aid in 2024.

KYIV – As the full-scale war in Ukraine approaches its fourth year, the United Nations and partners today launch twin humanitarian and refugee response plans for 2025, appealing for US$3.32 billion to ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office postponed a cabinet meeting to approve a cease-fire and hostage release ...

Agreement outlines temporary halt to 15 months of bloodshed that has left 46,000 Palestinians dead and return of hostages to families ...

Demonstrators in Tel Aviv calling for the release of the hostages embraced as news of the agreement spread, while thousands ...

A cease-fire announced Wednesday will end the 15-month war between Hamas and Israel and includes the eventual release of all ...