UN says a video circulating on social media showing Ukrainian soldiers executing Russian prisoners of war appears to be “authentic”.

Tehran says the recent anti-Iranian resolution adopted by the UN Human Rights Council is politically-motivated.

Bahrain will no longer run in an election to the UN's top human rights body later this month, after criticism over human rights violations in the Persian Gulf kingdom.

The UN Human Rights Council sharply criticizes Saudi Arabia for sentencing women's rights activist Salma al-Shehab to 34 years in prison for retweeting activists and sharing posts critical of the Riyadh regime.

The UN human rights chief calls on Israel to open a criminal investigation into the killing of veteran Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.

The secretary of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights says Sweden has adopted an openly hostile approach against the Islamic Republic over the past few years, especially concerning national security issues.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has called for immediate actions to confront the aggression and crimes of the Israeli regime against Palestinians.

​​​​​​​The United Nations General Assembly has suspended Russia from the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) over Moscow's military operation in Ukraine.

The UN adopts resolutions denouncing Israel's human rights violations in Syria's Golan and the regime's settlement activities in the Palestinian territories.

The Israeli regime refuses to cooperate with a UN probe investigating the crimes it committed during the Gaza war last May.