South Africa and Kuwait have maintained bilateral relations for 30 years
Morocco was in a race with South Africa and came out tops with more than 60% of the vote
Governments’ interruption of social media is censorship is a way to control the flow of information online and amounts to censorship
The United Nations has found that 1 323 activists were killed worldwide between 2015 and 2019
The UN is currently going through a serious liquidity crisis because many countries have not paid their annual dues, and it is therefore unable to fulfil all its mandates
They’ll roar again unless there’s justice for atrocities and the armed forces are reformed
The UN rights chief also highlighted the impact climate change is having on insecurity around the world
Whatever the outcome of the athlete’s appeal, it is an important day in sporting history
The autopsy report implies that freelancer Chris Allen’s death was no accident – but the government has no intention to investigate
In September, Burundi threatened to quit the rights council altogether after another report pointed to crimes against humanity in the country
Despite the evidence of Denel’s missiles being used, the country is still fawning over its Saudi benefactors
The UN Human Rights Committee calls on France to review its 2010 law banning women from covering their faces in public
Ambassador Nikki Haley’s announcement comes a month after the UNHRC voted to probe the killing of Palestinians in Gaza by Israeli security forces
A new study has showed that the hurricane that hit Puerto Rico in 2017 was far deadlier than previously estimated
Israel approved a plan to force asylum seekers to choose between indefinite detention in an Israeli prison, or deportation to a third African country
Camissa has taken its discrimination argument to the UN Human Rights Council.
The trial and judgment on the continent has been hailed by the United Nations, Human Rights Watch and other countries and organisations.
China has been granted a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council despite its record of refusing inspections by human rights monitors.
Ban Ki-moon has asked former SA judge Navi Pillay to stay on as UN high commissioner for human rights for another two years.
The death toll in the crackdown on Syrian protesters has forced the UN’s top human rights official to call for world action to protect civilians.
The UN Human Rights Council on Friday passed an historic resolution that seeks equal rights for everyone regardless of their sexual orientation.
While not shying away from jackboot violence, Syria has shown it can’t stomach irony, and has quit its bid for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council.
The UN has roundly rebuffed remarks by South African judge Richard Goldstone that cast doubt on the report into the Gaza war.
The judge’s recent remarks about his finding against Israel highlight inherent bias at the UN.
Concern grew on Friday over Côte d’Ivoire’s worsening humanitarian crisis, with up to a million people fleeing post-election violence.
SA’s mooted resolution on sexual orientation is seen as appeasing African conservatives.
The international community must act clearly and decisively to support the uprising in Libya, writes British High Commissioner <b>Nicola Brewer</b>.
UN human rights officials will go to Tunisia next week to help investigate violence and advise the new coalition government on justice and reforms.
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/ 20 October 2009
Israeli ministers will discuss whether to set up an investigation into the Gaza war, officials said on Tuesday.
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/ 16 October 2009
The UN Human Rights Council on Friday endorsed a report that accused Israel and Hamas of committing war crimes in their December-January conflict.
Western and Asian members of the UN Human Rights Council were divided over Sri Lanka before they were due to hold a meeting on the issue on Tuesday.
Sri Lankan forces are holding back their strength against Tamil Tiger rebels to comply with international rules of war, a minister said on Monday.