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Brazil says ready to host Nicaraguans stripped of citizenship

Brazil is concerned with reports of serious human rights violations, including summary executions, arbitrary detentions and torture of political dissidents in Nicaragua, says its envoy to UN Tovar da Silva Nunes.

UN Human Rights Council: Iran must stop using violence against protesters

UN rights chief Volker Turk says Iran is in a full-fledged human rights crisis and calls for an independent and transparent investigative process into alleged violations of human rights.

China touts 'victory' after UN council rejects debate on Xinjiang Uighurs

Members of the Human Rights Council vote 19-17 against holding a debate on alleged rights abuses in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of China, with 11 nations abstaining.

UN investigators detail 'war crimes' committed in Ukraine

A team of experts commissioned by the UN’s top human rights body to look into rights violations in Ukraine say initial investigation turned up evidence of war crimes in the country following Russia’s offensive.

UN rights mission finds 'probable' mass graves in Libya

A UN-appointed mission to Libya says it has found "reasonable grounds" that the Kaniyat militia committed crimes against humanity as nearly 100 mass graves remain to be discovered in Tarhouna.

ICC to open Venezuela office for 2017 rights violation probe

Last November, the ICC opened a formal investigation into alleged rights violations during a crackdown by security forces on protests sparked by the arrests of several opposition leaders in 2017.

UN: South Sudan government abuses amount to war crimes

The United Nations drew up a list of 142 individuals who warrant investigation for crimes including mass rapes and sexual slavery of women and deliberate killing of scores of children.

UN orders probe into Tigray war abuses despite rejections from Ethiopia

The United Nations Human Rights Council has adopted a proposal to set up an international expert panel to report on violations committed by all sides in Ethiopia's year-old war.

UN rights body calls for accountability over mass disappearances in Syria

UN Human Rights Council's resolution, adopted with 26 of the council's 47 members in favour, voiced particular concern about the fate of tens of thousands of people who have vanished in the war-ravaged country.

Amnesty: Israel unleashed 'ruthless excessive force' on Palestinians

Israeli forces used excessive force to disperse Palestinian protests against forced expulsion in occupied East Jerusalem as well as against Gaza war, while illegal Jewish supremacists were allowed to organise riots freely, says Amnesty International.

UN rights chief: Israeli strikes on Gaza may be war crimes

The UN Human Rights Council is discussing a broad, international investigation into violations in the latest Israeli attacks on besieged Gaza, but also of "systematic" abuses in the Palestinian territories and inside Israel.

Muslim countries call for UN probe on rights violations in Israeli attacks

UN Human Rights Council will hold a special session on Israel’s attacks in Gaza at the request of Pakistan, as coordinator of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, and the state of Palestine.