UNHRC

The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted a climate change and human rights resolution that was proposed by Bangladesh along with Vietnam and the Philippines. The resolution was focusing on vulnerable groups, especially the disabled...

At the ongoing 47th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, a resolution on the “Human Rights Situation of Rohingya Muslims and Other Minorities in Myanmar” was overwhelmingly adopted today. Due to the intensive diplomatic...

Foreign Minister of Bangladesh, Dr AK Abdul Momen today urged United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and the international community to constructively engage with Myanmar for the early commencement of Rohingya repatriation to their homeland in...

Saudi Arabia has failed to gain membership in the UN Human Rights Council. Defeat comes in Tuesday’s vote. Earlier, Human Rights Watch accused Saudi Arabia of human rights abuses. Not to include the country in any...

News Hour: In reaction to UN Human Rights Council decision not to set up an independent inquiry to investigate human rights violations by all sides to the conflict in Yemen, Sajjad Mohammed Sajid, Oxfam Country Director...