Michelle Bachelet
Olympic Rings are pictured in front of The Olympic House, headquarters of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at the opening of the executive board meeting of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), in Lausanne, Switzerland, Thursday, September 8, 2022. (Laurent Gillieron/Pool via AP)
IOC publishes rights strategy months after Beijing Olympics

By Graham Dunbar Sep. 09, 2022 02:05 PM EDT

Angelica Pulido looks at a makeshift memorial with photos of some of the missing people near the site of an oceanfront condo building that partially collapsed in Surfside, Fla., Friday, June 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Remembering the dead and missing in Florida condo collapse

By Kelli Kennedy And Michael Tarm Jun. 27, 2021 12:50 PM EDT

Leo Soto, who created this memorial with grocery stores donating flowers and candles, pauses in front of photos of some of the missing people that he put on a fence, near the site of an oceanfront condo building that partially collapsed in Surfside, Fla., Friday, June 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Victims in Miami condo collapse came from around the world

By Regina Garcia Cano, Roxana Hegeman And Jocelyn Gecker Jun. 26, 2021 01:05 AM EDT

People hold a silent march to support the unblocking of the city's main entrance and exit roads that have been blocked by anti-government protests in Cali, Colombia, Tuesday, May 25, 2021. Colombians have taken to the streets for weeks across the country after the government proposed tax increases on public services, fuel, wages, and pensions. (AP Photo/Andres Gonzalez)
Killings of protesters continue in Colombian city of Cali

By Manuel Rueda Jun. 01, 2021 06:19 PM EDT

Top UN rights body approves greater scrutiny of Sri Lanka

By Jamey Keaten Mar. 23, 2021 01:05 PM EDT
GENEVA (AP) — The Human Rights Council on Tuesday adopted resolutions calling on the office of the U.N. human rights chief to step up its monitoring of the...

FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 30, 2020 file photo, Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed responds to questions from members of parliament at the prime minister's office in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Ethiopia's leader said in an address before lawmakers Tuesday, March 23, 2021 that atrocities have occurred in Tigray, the country's northern region where fighting persists as government troops hunt down its fugitive leaders. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene, File)
Ethiopia's leader says atrocities reported in Tigray war

By Rodney Muhumuza Mar. 23, 2021 07:35 AM EDT

UN report: Too much prejudice against old and young in world

By Edith M. Lederer Mar. 18, 2021 11:32 PM EDT
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Prejudice and discrimination based on age is widespread around the world, affecting millions of older and younger people trying to work...

Bangladeshi students overturn security barricades outside the Home Ministry during a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, March 1, 2021. About 300 student activists rallied in Bangladesh’s capital on Monday to denounce the death in prison of Mushtaq Ahmed, a writer and commentator who was arrested last year on charges of violating a sweeping digital security law that critics say chokes freedom of expression. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
300 activists rally in Bangladesh to denounce prison death

By Julhas Alam Mar. 01, 2021 03:24 AM EST

UN rights chief cites 'need' to assess rights in Xinjiang

By Jamey Keaten Feb. 26, 2021 08:10 AM EST
GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations' human rights chief on Friday cited the need for an “independent and comprehensive assessment” of the rights situation in...

Nada Al-Nashif, UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, addresses her statement during the Human Rights Council special session on "the human rights implications of the crisis in Myanmar" at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, Feb. 12, 2021. The special session of the Human Rights Council on the situation in Myanmar is take in person and in virtualle due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)
UN rights body adopts watered-down text on Myanmar coup

By Jamey Keaten Feb. 12, 2021 06:35 AM EST

A Sri Lankan police officer walks crosses a road as special force soldiers ride motorbikes during 73rd Independence Day parade rehearsal with a calf elephant in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. Sri Lanka's independence from British colonial rule is celebrated on Feb. 4 each year. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Sri Lanka leader vows action vs 2019 bombing militants

By Krishan Francis Feb. 04, 2021 02:14 AM EST

Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, speaks about 2020 and looking ahead to 2021, during a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020. Michelle Bachelet spoke to reporters in Geneva in a catch-all news conference to recap the year and look ahead to 2021. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)
UN rights chief expects US will be 'much better' under Biden

Dec. 09, 2020 11:10 AM EST

A Tigray refugee mother carries her child as she waits her turn for treatment at a clinic run by MSF (Doctors Without Borders) in Village 8, the transit centre near the Lugdi border crossing, eastern Sudan, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
UN: Ethiopia's conflict has 'appalling' impact on civilians

By Cara Anna Dec. 09, 2020 04:08 AM EST

Passengers walk through a bus station in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Friday, Nov. 6, 2020. Ethiopia's prime minister says airstrikes have been carried out against the forces of the country's Tigray region, asserting that the strikes in multiple locations "completely destroyed rockets and other heavy weapons." (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene)
Ethiopian PM announces airstrikes in country's Tigray region

By Cara Anna And Elias Meseret Nov. 06, 2020 07:58 AM EST

Nearly 40 nations criticize China's human rights policies

By Edith M. Lederer Oct. 06, 2020 03:36 PM EDT
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Nearly 40 mainly Western countries criticized China’s treatment of minority groups, especially in Xinjiang and Tibet, on Tuesday and...

26 countries urge Western sanctions lifting to tackle virus

By Edith M. Lederer Oct. 05, 2020 11:17 PM EDT
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — China and 25 other nations on Monday called for the immediate lifting of sanctions by the United States and Western countries to ensure...

In this photo provided by the United Nations, United Kingdom's Minister for the Commonwealth, the UN and South Asia Tariq Ahmad, addresses the high-level virtual panel entitled "Participation, Human Rights and the Governance Challenge Ahead," Friday, Sept. 25, 2020, in New York. (Manuel Elias/UN Photo via AP)
COVID-19 can't crush human rights, UN gathering declares

By Cara Anna Sep. 25, 2020 12:55 PM EDT

FILE - in this Monday, Oct. 29, 2018 file photo, Nobel Peace Prize 2018 winner Doctor Denis Mukwege of Congo arrives at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, to meet France's President Emmanuel Macron. Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dr. Denis Mukwege has stepped down Wednesday, June 10, 2020 from a COVID-19 task force in eastern Congo, saying his hospital needs to focus on treating coronavirus patients because testing delays and other problems have allowed the crisis to deepen. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
UN protection back for threatened Nobel-winning Congo doctor

By Cara Anna Sep. 09, 2020 08:53 AM EDT

Outcry in Somalia as new bill would allow child marriage

By Cara Anna Aug. 12, 2020 01:07 PM EDT
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — An outcry is rising in Somalia as parliament considers a bill that would allow child marriage once a girl’s sexual organs mature and would...

CORRECTING COUNTRY IN CAPTION TO BELARUS - People with old Belarusian National flag gather in a street protesting the election results in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. The demonstrators are contesting the official count showing President Alexander Lukashenko winning a sixth term with 80% of Sunday's vote, with crowds taking to the streets every night since to demand a recount. (AP Photo)
Thousands in Belarus decry president's reelection as rigged

By Yuras Karmanau Aug. 12, 2020 11:44 AM EDT