Japan is to freeze voluntary funding for a United Nations’ women’s rights panel over its recommendation that Japan’s ...

Japan’s response to a United Nations report concerning discrimination against women is at odds with one of its basic foreign ...

The Japanese government has responded to a United Nations committee's recommendation to revise a law that limits imperial ...

The Japanese government on Wednesday announced countermeasures against a U.N. committee on discrimination against women that ...

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk expressed his ... The Austrian Türk's office mentioned some 2,400 arbitrary detentions by Maduro's regime in the ensuing protests ...

A larger shelf means legal access to more of the ocean floor’s riches: animals, hydrocarbons, and, perhaps most important, ...

The worsening conflict in eastern Congo has led to a surge in human rights violations including summary executions, the ...

Japan has hit back at a U.N. panel over its recommendation to revise the Imperial House Law by denying it access to the ...

The government will ensure that Japan's voluntary contributions no longer fund a U.N. committee dedicated to battling discrimination against women.

Volker Turk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, has launched an appeal to raise USD 500 million for 2025 to address ...