UN rights chief says war crimes committed by both parties in Israel-Hamas conflict

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Wednesday war crimes had been committed by both Israel and Hamas in the conflict that erupted just over a month ago.

UN Rights Chief Bachelet Won't Seek Second Term - Tasnim News Agency

UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said Monday she will not seek a second term, ending months of speculation.

Civilians trapped in Syria’s Raqqa in urgent need of protection : UN

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Wednesday expressed grave concern for the fate of civilians caught up in the anti-Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) offensive in Raqqa.

UN Blames Ankara for Mass Killings, Torture and Destruction in Kurdish Areas

Turkish security forces have taken part in numerous killings and large-scale destruction during operations in the Kurdish-dominated areas in the southeast of the country, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said Friday.

UN: Trump's visa ban is illegal, mean, a waste of counter-terror resources

The United Nations' high commissioner for human rights on Monday denounced the United States' travel ban on citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries as illegal and mean-spirited.

Zeid Ra'ad al Hussein: "Armed "opposition groups" continue to fire mortars and other projectiles into civilian neighbourhoods of western Aleppo"

 United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein on Friday said Aleppo is a "slaughterhouse" where Russian and Syrian airstrikes constitute war crimes of "historic proportions."

Saudi Arabia: Investigations into War Crimes in Yemen “Prohibited”

Saudi Arabia rejected a request by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Bin Al-Hussein to form an international commission of inquiry into war crimes committed in Yemen.