The United Nations human rights chief has called for the lifting of Western sanctions imposed on Syria over its yearslong ...

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said the extent of atrocities committed in Syria is hard to believe and ...

United Nations rights chief Volker Turk on Wednesday said transitional justice was "crucial" for Syria after the fall of ...

While the world waits to see how Syria's new leadership will govern the war-torn country, Canadian International Development ...

Volker Türk also urges transitional justice for victims, saying it enhances public trust in state institutions as the country ...

In the last nine years, at least 422,000 incidents involving unexploded ordnance – or UXO - were reported in 14 governorates ...

A high-ranking member of the Islamic State militant group in Syria has been charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity in Germany, partly for alleged involvement in the genocide against the ...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Wednesday that humanity had unleashed a "Pandora's box of ills," including "out of control technology" that risks upending "our very ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - A high-ranking member of the Islamic State militant group in Syria has been charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity in Germany, partly for alleged involvement in the ...

Nigeria called on the United Nations to investigate the funding and training of the Boko Haram terrorists. The Chief of ...

The market for human trafficking in Syria is pervasive, with the country ranked as among the worst in the world for human ...

A 36-year old millennial entrepreneur based in the United Arab Emirates just ticked one of her bucket-lists to travel to 195 countries recognized by the United Nations and two observer states. Kach ...