The Japanese government has responded to a United Nations committee's recommendation to revise a law that limits imperial succession to male offspring in the male line.

Japan is to freeze voluntary funding for a United Nations’ women’s rights panel over its recommendation that Japan’s male-only imperial succession rule should be revised from gender-equality perspecti

Japan has hit back at a U.N. panel over its recommendation to revise the Imperial House Law by denying it access to the country's voluntary contributions to the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights.

TOKYO (AP) — Japan on Wednesday said it will freeze voluntary funding for a United Nations ... sought the U.N.’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, which manages CEDAW ...

Japan on Wednesday said it will freeze voluntary funding for a United Nations’ women’s rights panel that called for an end to the country's male-only imperial succession rule. The unusual step comes in response to a report published in October by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women,

Japan has rebuffed a U.N. committee by demanding that Japan’s contribution to the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) not be allocated to the committee, which issued a recommendation that Japan amend its Imperial House Law.

Kazakhstan should promptly express its support for and implement the recommendations made by member states at the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process, Human Rights Watch said today.

The Japanese government on Wednesday announced countermeasures against a U.N. committee on discrimination against women that has call

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, struggling to stabilize his minority government, says he will seek to maintain regional security and prepare for tough negotiations with U.S.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, condemned the serious violations of human rights, the attacks on displaced persons, and the increase in ethnic violence. Goma's hospitals are overwhelmed,

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, condemned the serious violations of human rights, the attacks on displaced persons, and the increase in ethnic violence. Goma's hospitals are overwhelmed,

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk expressed his ... The Austrian Türk's office mentioned some 2,400 arbitrary detentions by Maduro's regime in the ensuing protests ...