President Vladimir Putin could face a special tribunal for the crime of aggression in Ukraine. But a core group of advocates pushing for creating such a court is divided on what it should look like.

Russia’s permanent membership in the Security Council is at odds with its war in Ukraine, which is seen by many other nations as a violation of the Council’s mandate to “promote the establishment and ...

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Israel, May 13, 2020. He says the US plans to extend the arms embargo in the Iran nuclear deal, but it must go through the UN Security Council to do so. Members ...

Feminists Rev Up for Beijing+25 Reviews as the US Resists - PassBlueThe regional meetings’ final documents will also guide the work of UN Women in its role as convener of the Generation Equality ...

Two weeks after President Trump fired off a characteristically intemperate letter to the director-general of the World Health Organization, accusing him of incompetence in dealing with the Covid-19 ...

“We Can’t Breathe” protesters marched during the Democratic National Convention, Aug. 20, 2020. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, a global election monitoring group, is ...

On June 7, 2021, the 193-member General Assembly elected its next president, for the 76th term, starting in mid-September. The winner was Abdulla Shahid (center), the foreign affairs minister for the ...

Not All Human Rights Council Specialists Are Perfect: The Latest Controversy - PassBlueThe most urgent concern among opponents of decriminalization is the appointment of Mofokeng as board chair of ...

Many Countries Cheer Gains to Ending the Death Penalty Globally, but Foes Harden Their Stance - PassBlueIt appears, too, that the positions on both sides of the death penalty have hardened. While this ...

At a clinic at La Fossette Health Center in Cap-Haïtien, Haiti, nurses vaccinate babies, among other health care services. The pandemic could further erode Haiti’s stability, experts say, given its ...

Frances Zainoeddin of the International Federation on Ageing bemoaned the slow gains made by the United Nations General Assembly to ensure the legal protection of older people’s human rights, ...

A United Nations official showing an empty ballot box to a delegate as the General Assembly voted on the 18 new members of the Human Rights Council, Oct. 14, 2021. Among the elected to the three-year ...