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This is the first time the council has considered a proposal to debate the human rights situation in Xinjiang.

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The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria released its twenty-sixth report on Wednesday, with the commission submitting the report to the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) on September 22. The report documents serious violations of fundamental human rights and international humanitarian law across Syria. The Syrian Network for Human…

Lebanese and international organizations Wednesday called on the UN Human Rights Council to send a fact-finding mission to investigate the Beirut port blast two years ago, as a domestic probe continues to stall. The call by groups including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International came as the Lebanese investigation has…

A group of Lebanese and international organizations have called on members of the U.N. Human Rights Council to send a fact-finding mission to investigate the Beirut port blast two years ago

Independent commission set up by UN says Israel needs to end occupation, cease violating Palestinians’ human rights.

The United Nation’s top human rights official said any actions by China’s government to address alleged terrorism and reverse what Beijing terms radicalism must not come at the expense of human rights.

Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Friday that a decision by the U.N. Human Rights Council to set up an investigation into alleged human rights abuses by Russian troops had shaken members' trust in the body.

Inquiry will investigate alleged atrocities in regions near Ukrainian capital that were held by Russian troops.