
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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Russians and Americans have a complicated history of election meddling abroad but they are not equivalent, international organizations and democracy proponents say.
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.
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.
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.
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 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 won overwhelming approval to join the U.N. Human Rights Council, filling a vacancy left by the United States.
The defeat of a U.S. nominee reflects broad dissatisfaction with Trump's policies on migration, economy and trade.
The U.S. president, complaining of bias against Israel, said America's participation will be reduced to observer status.
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. agencies convened their first outer space conference in almost two decades, aimed at keeping space weapons-free.
A World Health Organization commission ratcheted up the pressure in a fight against neglected chronic diseases.
Overhauling the U.N. bureaucracy is a more urgent topic as the U.S. ratchets up pressure under the Trump administration.
Lagging financial help for displaced people has raised concerns that it could destabilize neighbors and regions.
The E.U.'s new rules emphasize accountability: Data handlers must demonstrate compliance and delete data if asked.
Reporters Without Borders says hatred for the press is 'steadily more visible' - and is not limited to authoritarian countries.