
U.S. derides U.N. effort to counter racism
The top American diplomat rebuked the U.N. Human Rights Council a day after it commissioned a report on racism and police brutality.
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The top American diplomat rebuked the U.N. Human Rights Council a day after it commissioned a report on racism and police brutality.
The U.N. Human Rights Council approved a resolution calling for a report on systemic racism and police brutality against Black people.
The world's top human rights body heard calls for it to authorize two separate U.N.-mandated Commissions of Inquiry into racism in the U.S. and worldwide.
The U.N. Human Rights Council agreed to an African Union request for an urgent debate on systemic racism and police brutality.
U.N. human rights experts called on U.S. authorities to end the use of violence towards demonstrators protesting systemic racism and police brutality.
Dozens of nations repeatedly urged the U.S. to eradicate systemic racism and police brutality, but not much changed.
The U.N. human rights chief warned some governments are abusing emergency powers to fight the pandemic by resorting to police brutality and other tactics.
The U.N. refugee agency was suspending operations at a migrant center in Tripoli and evacuating hundreds of people.
The U.N. report said 42 computer servers - but no sensitive data or confidential information - were 'compromised.'
Renewed fighting ended a fragile cease-fire in Libya as U.N. officials urged warring parties to investigate airstrikes that killed at least 53 people last July.
Investigators want an inquiry into the Saudi crown prince's alleged role in hacking Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' phone.
A human rights treaty that is 30 years old helped make children healthier but they still face threats like climate change and online abuse, UNICEF said.
A year of mass street protests exposed an erosion of public trust in political leaders who need to listen more to people's real problems, the U.N. chief said.
Governments and businesses including YouTube, Facebook and Twitter are doing far too little to prevent violence from online hate speech, a U.N. expert said.
The U.N. Human Rights Council voted to create a mission to investigate cases of suspected human rights abuses in Venezuela over the past five years.
A special U.N. fact-finding mission urged the world to hold Myanmar's military responsible for "genocidal acts" against the Muslim Rohingya minority.