Foreign domestic workers in Qatar: Shocking cases of deception, forced labour, violence
An Indonesian former domestic worker shows marks on her body that she said were inflicted by her employer
President Obama signs Senator Cruz's Bill Barring Iran's UN Ambassador Nominee From Entering USA
Senator Ted Cruz
Iran requests UN committee meeting to discuss U.S. ban on Iran envoy
Hamid Aboutalebi was a member of the group of terrorists who seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979
Obama admin participates for the first time in group charged with implementing notorious UN Durban declaration
Sign from the 2001 UN World Conference Against Racism, Durban, South Africa
Obama's Foreign Policy Failures Lead to Disaster at UN
Ben Emmerson, UN Special Rapporteur on Counter Terrorism and Human Rights speaks on the use of remotely piloted aircraft, or drones, in extraterritorial lethal counter-terrorism operations.
UN top rights body attempts to take on Sri Lankan rights abuses
Even supposedly “safe” places were targeted by government forces during the 2009 conflict in Sri Lanka
Obama Administration Loses Vote to Cuba on "Foreign Debt" Resolution at UN Rights Council
Placard for the delegation of the United States, UN Human Rights Council
U.S. Loses Vote at UN Rights Council on Cuban Resolution on "Democratic Order"
U.S. delegation at UN Human Rights Council
U.S. suffers abandoned by EU at UN Rights Council
Paula Schriefer, head of the U.S. delegation, speaks at the UN HRC
Islamic bloc of states is sponsoring a UN "rights" council resolution condemning religious-based violence
In Pakistan, Islamic extremists bomb church, killing at least 81
UN expert on violence against women says "sexism" more "pervasive" in UK than any other state
Rashida Manjoo, UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
The UN rushes through "Palestine's" treaty ratifications
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas
Chinese Lawyers Say They Were Tortured By Police
The tortured Chinese rights lawyers, from left: Wang Cheng, Jiang Tianyong and Tang Jitian.
UN Security Council discusses the Ukrainian situation at the request of the aggressor
Russian UN ambassador Vitaly Churkin
Islamists Blamed for Nigeria Massacre
A screengrab taken on March 24 from a video shows a man claiming to be the leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau.
New Lebanese Domestic Violence Law Evokes Sharp Criticism
Members of Kafa protest new anti-woman laws
UN top rights body condemns Israel 5 times more than any other country. Takes no action on 182 of 192 other UN states
UN Human Rights Council, Geneva, Switzerland
UN Rights Council delays choice of "Independent" Expert on Israel
Appointment of Christine Chinkin (right), ex-Goldstone panel member, as UN "independent" expert on Israel has been postponed to late April
UN "Human Rights" Council free speech resolution not nearly as "free" as claimed
UN Human Rights Council, Geneva, Switzerland
UN Rights Council condemns Israel for lack of Syrians leaving Golan to visit "relatives in Syrian motherland'
UN Human Rights Council, Geneva, Switzerland
UN "Human Rights" Council set to vote on five resolutions condemning Israel & none on Russia
UN Human Rights Council, Geneva
Diversity foes Cuba & Iran Cuba & Iran sponsor UN Rights council resolution on "promoting respect for cultural diversity"
Iran forces clash with minority Dervish families of political prisoners and 80 women are among the arrestees - March 8, 2014
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