Justice Pant also said that the definition and punishment for offence of violation of human rights needs to be incorporated in Protection o...

Among the five candidates from the Asia-Pacific region vying for four seats in the UN's premiere human rights body, Pakistan secured the hi...

Saudi Arabia was the only country up for election that failed to be elected, mustering only 90 votes. Human rights groups hailed the snub t...

UN independent experts have also raised their concerns regarding a range of issues of grave concern, from the collective repression of the ...

India expects Pakistan to use the exclusion of 19 lakh Assam residents from the NRC as fodder for its propaganda about Modi government's "c...

Ambassador Ajit Kumar hit out at Pakistan for destabilising the situation in Jammu and Kashmir by promoting infiltration and cross-border t...

The UN Human Rights Council will conduct its third review of India's human rights record under the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) procedur...

"Jammu and Kashmir is an internationally recognised issue pending final settlement through a free and impartial plebiscite under UN auspice...

Leghari is part of the 22 parliamentarians nominated by Prime Minister Sharif as special envoys to be dispatched to world capitals to highl...

Developed nations have failed to fulfil their Doha Development Agenda commitments at the WTO meeting in Nairobi and it is time to "radicall...

The draft has been sponsored by the US and other core group of countries called 'Human Rights in Sri Lanka, with focus on government effort...

They said the move indicated a major "take off" in ties indicated also by an announcement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Israel.

India has scowled at a UN report that cited New Delhi’s crackdown on activist group Greenpeace among challenges to freedom of peaceful asse...

UN investigator has called for international action against North Korea to know the fate of foreign nationals allegedly abducted by it over...

A UN human rights investigator today recommended that international pressure be put on North Korea as part of a multi-pronged strategy to k...

"India was closely monitoring the situation over the Sri Lankan Tamils issue in the Island Nation and was taking all steps for their safety"

Gabon, Bahrain, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Zambia do not deserve a seat on the Human Rights Council, the United Nations' top rights body, two ...