What country deserves more condemnation for violating human rights than any other nation on earth? According to the U.N.s top human rights body, that would be Israel. Last week, Israel was the U.N.s number one womens rights violator. This week it is the U.N.s all-round human rights villain. The U.N. Human Rights Council wrapped up its latest ...

[caption id="attachment_135881" align="alignright" width="149"] US interrogation officers waterboard a suspect. (File photo)[/caption] The United Nations and human rights groups have called for prosecution of those involved in torture committed by the CIA as shows a Senate report about brutal torture techniques conducted by the spy agency. Ben Emmerson,...

The United Nations has called on the United States to reveal civilian casualties caused by its assassination drone strikes. A UN investigation, conducted by Special Rapporteur Ben Emmerson and reported on Friday, accused the US of defying international legal norms by using lethal force outside war zones. The investigation found that US drone strikes ...