Topic - United Nations Human Rights Council

The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is an inter-governmental body within the United Nations System. The UNHRC is the successor to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR, herein CHR), and is a subsidiary body of the United Nations General Assembly. The council works closely with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and engages the United Nations' Special Procedures. - Source: Wikipedia

Related Stories

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) Volker Türk speaks during a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP, File)

U.N. rights chief decries ‘horrifying’ suffering in Gaza and urges leaders to pressure Israel, Hamas

By Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

Residents walk by charred vehicles in Goma, Democratic republic of the Congo, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

U.N. rights body holds urgent session on violence in eastern Congo as Rwanda-backed rebels advance

Associated Press

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, presents a global update on human rights in the world, during the opening of the 57th session of the Human Rights Council at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

U.N. rights chief urges voters to beware ‘strongman’ politicians who ‘throw glitter in our eyes’

By Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

Ukrainian Ambassador to the United Nations Sergiy Kyslytsya, left, shuffles papers as he listens to Vassily Nebenzia, Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations, during a meeting of the U.N. Security Council as the war in Ukraine and recent attacks by Russia were discussed Monday, Oct. 9, 2023, at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Russia is defeated in its bid to regain a seat on the U.N.’s top human rights body

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

A woman holds up a Quran during a protest outside the Swedish consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, on Jan. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)

After Quran burnings, U.N. rights body calls for more action to combat religious hatred

Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during a ceremony to award Gold Star medals to Heroes of Russia on the eve of Heroes of the Fatherland Day at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russia’s Human Rights Council warned not to upset Putin with questions about Ukraine war

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin calls nuclear weapons a tool of deterrence in Ukraine

By E. Eduardo Castillo and Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

U.S., allies push for U.N. rights body debate on Xinjiang abuses

By Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks at the North America's Building Trades Unions (NABTU) Legislative Conference at the Washington Hilton in Washington, April 6, 2022. The U.S. economy faces plenty of threats: War in Ukraine, high grocery bills, spiking gasoline prices, splintered supply chains, the lingering pandemic and rising interest rates that slow growth. The Biden White House is betting the U.S. economy is strong enough to withstand these threats, but there are growing fears of a coming economic slump among voters and some Wall Street analysts. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Biden applauds U.N. vote to remove Russia from Human Rights Council

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Cemetery workers load the corpses of civilians killed in Bucha into a truck, to be transported to the morgue, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

UN assembly suspends Russia from top human rights body

By Edith M. Lederer and Jennier Peltz - Associated Press