Human Rights Council

Sacking of Irishwoman Emma Reilly highlights long-standing dilemma

Forum hears women and girls at risk because of the threat of gender-based violence

Detainees include Eritreans, Somalis and Sudanese who have fled war or dictatorships

Judge accused of bias and misconduct by two ex-ministers demanding his resignation

UN conference raises $1.1bn as country faces imminent collapse of humanitarian aid

Four Irish people living in Beirut look back on the huge chemical explosion that devastated the city

Date should be set before summer recess for citizens’ assembly, argues group

UN Security Council fails to reach consensus on denouncing February coup

US Letter: Common purpose against a giant ‘other’ is what US has lacked for too long

Draconian draft Bill causes alarm among human rights activists and business groups

Woman suffers gunshot wound to head as police crack down on demonstrations over coup

France reacts angrily to Saturday’s hanging, calling it ‘barbaric and unacceptable’

Sites sheltered hundreds of thousands who fled brutal violence during country’s war

The 193 member states have elected China, Russia, Pakistan, Cuba, and Uzbekistan, all notorious abusers

Blockade of Gaza described as ‘almost a death sentence during the pandemic’

Two soldiers have given video testimony of campaign of terror against Muslim minority

China will find that it is seriously underestimating the resolve of the large Hong Kong democracy movement and that a crack of the whip will not make it disappear

China’s appointment like making ‘pyromaniac the town fire chief’, says watchdog

Publication of names of 112 entities hailed as ‘victory for international law’ by Palestine

Mikhail Fedotov and four members removed over criticism of Moscow stance on protests

Loujain al-Hathloul rejected freedom in return for recording statement, says brother

Maduro regime guilty of crimes including arbitrary detention and torture, UN report finds