As a federal judge considers taking Rikers Island out of the city’s control and handing it to a court-appointed receiver, the ...

STOCKHOLM - Sweden granted the lowest number of residence permits to asylum seekers and their relatives on record in 2024, a ...

Years after horrifying abuses and corruption in the Georgia state prison system began to come to light, Gov. Brian Kemp and the Georgia Legislature are taking action. On Tuesday, Kemp released his ...

The UN Human Rights Committee found 24 young detainees on Nauru experienced “cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment”. But are ...

It has taken two years of consideration, discussion and debate, but the agreement necessary to draft an international treaty ...

Colorado Politics reporters are covering the opening ceremonies of the regular session of the 75th General Assembly this week ...

Save the Children has raised alarm about the dire future facing a generation of Haitian children who continue to endure the ...

The U.N. Human Rights Office said that the number of killings increased by more than 20% compared with all of 2023. In ...

Several high-profile Haitian politicians trying to find a way out of a corruption scandal that has the country’s leadership ...

The report offers yet more evidence of the UN-backed group’s complicity in terror and further challenges Unrwa’s prevailing ...

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) reported on Wednesday that the escalating gang ...

Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, gave an update on the situation in Haiti in 2024 in ...