Navanethem Navi Pillay has been awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for her human rights advocacy. Her career includes landmark cases and ro...

A UN-commissioned report accuses Israel of committing genocide in Gaza, citing a high death toll, blocked aid, and the destruction of healt...

The Indian Navy established the Information Fusion Centre-Indian Ocean Region (IFC-IOR) in 2018 to effectively keep track of the shipping t...

Al-Hussein will replace Pillay, who was appointed High Commissioner for Human Rights in July 2008 and her mandate was renewed.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said the statement by the world rights body's chief amounted to "gravely interfering" in China's judici...

Soon after the US-backed resolution against Sri Lanka was adopted on March 27 at UNHRC session in Geneva, Pres Rajapaksa said he was reject...

The Tamil Nadu Congress Committee has responded by saying it will do 'whatever is necessary' to protect Tamils' interests in Sri Lanka.

The draft resolution, tabled at the UNHRC in Geneva today, briefly figured during the 25-minute meeting Manmohan Singh had with Mahinda Raj...

"It is critical that both countries retain a meaningful and close relationship despite the issues that sometimes arise between them,"

Sri Lanka said it was ready to probe allegations by UN human rights chief Navi Pillay that people she met during her mission were threatene...

Pillai said under the AIHRC's founding law, commissioners are required to have a good reputation, demonstrate independence, enjoy popular t...

Describing the Internet as "perhaps the most powerful global trend", Pillay said that it presented a complex range of human rights challeng...

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said rape is a "national problem" in India, affecting women of all classes and castes and require...

China is "resolutely" opposed to any attempts to interfere in its internal affairs, he said.

More than 7,500 people have been killed in Syria since the uprising against President Bashar Al-Assad's regime began nearly a year ago.

Human Rights Watch believes that hospital officials were instructed to downplay the overall number of deaths, Morayef said.

As many as 300 people may have died in anti-government unrest in Egypt according to unconfirmed reports, UN High Commissioner for Human Rig...