Six months ago, the United Nations General Assembly asked Switzerland to organise a conference on the fourth Geneva Convention, which offers protection to civilians in armed conflicts, to address the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories. The request was triggered by the Israeli-Palestinian war, which was still raging at the time.

UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Dr. Alice Jill Edwards, will present the report at a special event in Geneva, Switzerland.

The cooling weather phenomenon La Nina that emerged late last year is weak and likely to be brief, the UN said Thursday, dashing hopes it could help rein in soaring global temperatures.

Switzerland is considering sending 200 soldiers to Ukraine if a ceasefire with Russia is reached, revealed Thomas Suessli, the head of the Swiss army. In an interview with the newspaper "Blick," Suessli emphasized that the mission would be peaceful in nature and not a peace-enforcing one.

Children as young as one have been raped by armed men during the conflict in Sudan, the UN said on Tuesday, condemning it as a horror that should 'shock anyone to their core'.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi has traveled to Geneva to take part in the 58th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council and the 2025 session of the Conference on Disarmament.

Switzerland could contribute around 200 troops to a prospective peacekeeping mission in Ukraine if such a request were received and if the government agreed, Swiss armed forces chief Thomas Suessli said on Feb.

Switzerland is worried about the disengagement of certain states from the UN Human Rights Council, said Ignazio Cassis, as the United States and Israel boycott the Geneva-based body.

As the number of violent conflicts reaches “the highest level since World War II,” arms transfers and diversion are contributing to internal repression, human rights abuses and serious violat

The U.N. human rights chief has expressed concern about a “fundamental shift in direction” taking place in the United States when it comes to human rights. Volker Türk, the U.N. high commissioner for human rights,