Children as young as one have been raped by armed men during the conflict in Sudan, the UN said on Tuesday, condemning it as ...

The United Nations Environment Programme on Monday said a new round of negotiations toward a global plastics treaty will take ...

As 120 conflicts rage around the world from the DR Congo to Gaza and from Sudan to Ukraine, UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Monday urged the international community to step up to defend fund ...

Switzerland has invited 196 states who are parties to the Geneva Conventions to participate in a conference next week on the ...

Switzerland is expressing its concern over plans in the United States to expand the use of the death penalty. An executive ...

Switzerland is concerned about the disengagement of certain states from the UN Human Rights Council, said foreign minister Ignazio Cassis. The United States and Israel are currently boycotting the ...

Switzerland could contribute around 200 troops to a prospective peacekeeping mission in Ukraine if such a request were ...

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres says human rights are being “suffocated” around the world. He lashed out at voices of ...

Araqchi is going to participate in the high-level segment of the UN Conference on Disarmament and the UN Human Rights Council session to outline Iran’s positions, the ministry’s website reported.

Switzerland said it will host an international conference on March 7 on the protection of Palestinian civilians in the ...