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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.
Deep-seated Muslim anger at efforts to satirize Prophet Muhammad stirred the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to propose a ban against incitement of religious hatred.
Three times a year, a little-known panel of human rights experts gathers in Geneva and New York with a monumental task: upholding people's civil and political rights.
A U.N. panel of human rights experts returned from Bangladesh after gathering evidence of a military-planned campaign of genocide against Myanmar's Rohingya people.
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 Nordic island nation won approval to join the U.N. Human Rights Council, filling a vacancy left by the United States.
An international observatory traced a high-energy cosmic neutrino back to its origin about 4 billion light years away.
The United Nations and UNICEF are the most popular organizations on Twitter, where U.S. President Donald Trump has overtaken Pope Francis in the most-followed ranking.
International organizations said the tit-for-tat tariffs will undercut a broad array of global development efforts.
The defeat of a U.S. nominee reflects broad dissatisfaction with Trump's policies on migration, economy and trade.
One of the themes of a polar conference focuses on the need for more scientific research into the Southern Ocean.
Before telecoms can revolutionize their equipment, ITU must develop new technical standards for putting it all to use.
Investigators urge the prosecution of Venezuelan security forces for hundreds of arbitrary killings and other abuses.
Visiting Switzerland with a focus on refugees, Pope Francis emphasized justice and peace in service of humanitarian aid.
The U.S. president, complaining of bias against Israel, said America's participation will be reduced to observer status.
A global manual of health standards is adding 'gaming disorder' to its first update in nearly three decades.
