Swelling violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has displaced some 237,000 people since the start of the year, the ...

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The United Nations (UN) rights chief insisted Friday that regulating hate speech and harmful content online "is not ...

Geopolitical tensions, the rising costs of climate change and unresolved debt issues are putting labour markets under pressure, according to a new report from the International Labour Organization (IL ...

The conflict in Sudan is taking an “even more dangerous turn for civilians”, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said on Friday ...

The proposal to make discrimination on the grounds of sexual identity or orientation illegal has proved controversial Voters in Switzerland have backed a proposal to make discrimination on the ...

The Swiss Environment Minister, Doris Leuthard, signed the Paris climate agreement on Friday at the UN headquarters in New York. Switzerland is likely to ratify the agreement by the end of 2017.