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The departing U.N. human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, a Jordanian prince and diplomat, warned people's rights must be defended amid a rise in populist-driven authoritarians.
Bachelet got involved in politics after becoming a Chilean human rights activist in the early 1970s, owing to her family becoming political prisoners and the death of her father, an air force general, after months of torture while in prison.
The report found the highest concentration of modern slavery in North Korea — and bigger numbers than previously reported in Australia, Europe and the United States.
A new pact for promoting safe migration that's supported by 190 countries has been advancing through the United Nations without participation from the United States and Hungary.
The world's foremost international organization for financing projects on environmental change sent up smoke signals warning that 'incremental change will not suffice.'
Beyond the repercussions in Washington and Beijing, international organizations said the tit-for-tat tariffs will undercut a broad array of global development efforts.
Human rights and humanitarian officials said U.S. officials must stop separating migrant children from their parents.
The governing body of world football overwhelmingly selected Canada, Mexico and the United States to serve as hosts, marking the first time three nations have shared such a role.
The U.N. human rights office said the Trump administration's new 'zero tolerance' policy for Central American families trying to enter the United States violates children's rights under international law by breaking up families from Mexico.
High shares of renewables are being integrated in the power sector, but not fast enough to fight climate change.
Reporters Without Borders says hatred for the press is 'steadily more visible' - and is not limited to authoritarian countries.
