The figures combine refugees, asylum-seekers, and nearly 60 million people displaced inside their own countries.
The UN is faced with doing more with less as international leadership gets tested in the COVID-19 era.
Guterres demands Myanmar military free prisoners and end violence, as he opens a four-week summit on human rights.
Philonise Floyd called on the UN to investigate systemic police violence against African Americans in the US.
Refugee advocates say fear of Rohingya refugees carrying the virus is not an excuse to refuse them asylum.
In DRC, Sister Angelique has been transforming the lives of thousands of Congolese women and children.
Human rights chief says alleged rights violations took place under ‘direct authority’ of top officials in Pyongyang.
Some 350,000 Syrians have fled a renewed Russian-backed offensive in opposition-held Idlib province since December.
China says Bachelet’s call for an investigation into police conduct is interference and inappropriate.
It is the sixth year in a row that more than 1,000 deaths have been registered in a single year.
Rights chief says nearly all deaths reportedly attributable to government forces and allies in Idlib and Hama provinces.
Fresh push to repatriate Rohingya refugees to Myanmar fails amid demands of safety and full citizenship.
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Joint exercise led by the UNHCR to determine if Rohingya refugees will accept Myanmar’s offer to return home.
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Spokesman for Philippines president says Iceland-backed resolution ‘grotesquely one-sided (and) maliciously partisan’.
