The United Nations Human Rights Council today agreed by consensus to launch an urgent fact-finding mission and commission of ...

The United Nations has called for efforts to prevent the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from ...

High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk on Friday warned that the escalating violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) could lead to a further deterioration of the ...

The United Nations warned Friday that the violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo could spiral further, threatening ...

Worse violence "may be yet to come" in the conflict-hit Democratic Republic of Congo, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights ...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights urged “all those with influence” to move quickly to end the deadly ...

More than 150 female prisoners were raped and burned to death during a jailbreak last week when fleeing male inmates set fire ...

Horrific scenes saw over 160 women raped and children dead in fires after the prison break at Munzenze near Goma last Monday ...

THE Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) welcomes the renewal of the International Decade for People of African Descent by the ...

The International Criminal Court and dozens of countries on Friday condemned sanctions imposed by US President Donald Trump ...

By framing migrants as 'illegal,' we justify their persecution, normalise their handcuffing, chaining, and deportation, and ...

World: The sanctions could impact the court's technical and IT operations, including evidence gathering. There are fears ...