Successes in slowing nuclear proliferation and easing world hunger are overshadowed by political deadlock and the hostile ...

It was perhaps an ominous sign when the first thing President Donald Trump said in his United Nations General Assembly speech Tuesday was that his teleprompter was broken.

The U.N. needs U.S. engagement and strong American leadership. And the United States needs an effective United Nations, the ...

When President Donald Trump brought his trademark braggadocio to the United Nations’ rostrum in his first term, he was met with an unfamiliar-for-him response from the delegates: mocking laughter.

STORY: U.S. President Donald Trump's speech to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday included scathing criticism of the United Nations: TRUMP: “What is the purpose of the United Nations?” A warning to ...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has traditionally maintained that freedom of expression safeguards speech that may "offend, shock or disturb." However, its stance on hate speech is not in ...

Returning to the United Nations dais after four years, President Donald Trump doubled down on the themes he raised in his four previous speeches during his first term: the importance of sovereignty, ...

GENEVA, June 16 (Reuters) - The U.N. human rights chief said on Monday that donor cuts to his office would weaken global accountability efforts and be a comfort to dictators and authoritarians. In an ...

I'm delighted to report that Dr. Natalie Alkiviadou, Senior Research Fellow at the Future of Free Speech at Vanderbilt University will be guest-blogging this week about this new book of hers. Here is ...

At the 59th session of the Human Rights Council Thursday, the United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights stated that the procurement and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) ...

International human rights law lays down the obligations of Governments to act in certain ways or to refrain from certain acts, in order to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms of ...

As Donald Trump hailed “the golden age of America” at the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, tensions between the US and United Nations were palpable. The President highlighted “historic ...