The foundations of this body of law are the United Nations Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the General Assembly in 1945 and 1948 respectively.

Trump signed an order withdrawing the U.S. from the UNHRC, a 47-member international institution tasked with improving human ...

Endorsing this philosophy in 1992, the United Nations Human Rights Committee explained that states have "a positive obligation toward persons who are particularly vulnerable because of their ...

The Declaration was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948 and sets out, for the first time, fundamental human rights to be universally protected.

Donald Trump recently removed the United States from the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and the United Nations Relief and ...

President Donald Trump has announced that the United States will withdraw from the U.N.’s top human rights body and will not ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday ceasing U.S. engagement with the U.N. Human Rights Council and ...

The president's executive order also cuts future funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, which provides aid to ...

The Council today approved conclusions on the priorities of the European Union in United Nations Human Rights fora in 2025. The message from the conclusions is clear: the EU is committed to the ...

The president's executive order will also cut future funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, which provides ...