Evidence of election meddling competes with voting assistance
Russians and Americans have a complicated history of election meddling abroad but they are not equivalent, international organizations and democracy proponents say.
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U.N. rights chief urges more global support for people and not nations
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.
Military space force proposed by Trump may flout international treaty
More than a half-century after the world agreed to keep the peace in outer space, U.S. President Donald Trump's militarization plans could violate international space law.
Chile's former president Bachelet named U.N. human rights chief
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.
Out of limelight, a quiet force for civilian and political rights
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.
U.S. and Hungary reject U.N.-led push for a new global migration pact
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.
Iceland approved to replace U.S. on U.N.'s top human right body
The Nordic island nation won approval to join the U.N. Human Rights Council, filling a vacancy left by the United States.
Backlash against Trump policies doom U.S. migration nominee
The defeat of a U.S. nominee reflects broad dissatisfaction with Trump's policies on migration, economy and trade.
Trump administration abandons the U.N.'s top human rights body
The U.S. president, complaining of bias against Israel, said America's participation will be reduced to observer status.
Record 68.5 million people globally forced to flee their homes in 2017
In a world of 7.6 billion people, 44,500 people a day — one person every two seconds — are displaced, the U.N. said.
U.N. emphasizes global cooperation at first 21st century space summit
U.N. agencies convened their first outer space conference in almost two decades, aimed at keeping space weapons-free.
Targeting NCDs, U.N. health agency panel balks at tax on sugary drinks
A World Health Organization commission ratcheted up the pressure in a fight against neglected chronic diseases.
Case made for top-down U.N. reforms in staff management
Overhauling the U.N. bureaucracy is a more urgent topic as the U.S. ratchets up pressure under the Trump administration.
Refugee crises around the world push nations' limits of capacity
Lagging financial help for displaced people has raised concerns that it could destabilize neighbors and regions.
New data protection rules for privacy impact organizations
The E.U.'s new rules emphasize accountability: Data handlers must demonstrate compliance and delete data if asked.
Threats to press and repressive leaders pose danger to democracy
Reporters Without Borders says hatred for the press is 'steadily more visible' - and is not limited to authoritarian countries.