There are two UN Conventions on Statelessness. They seek to protect people who are currently stateless and prevent and end statelessness globally. Countries decide who their nationals are, setting ...

Last week, the United Nations voted to adopt a new cybercrime convention applying to all member states, drawing ire from civil society groups over data privacy risks. Artificial Intelligence Congress ...

The UN General Assembly adopted the new United Nations Convention Against Cybercrime on Tuesday, the first international criminal justice treaty negotiated in over two decades. Adopted without a vote ...

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Only two countries in the world have not joined the UN Convention on Biological ...

UN member states can no longer delay or prevent the implementation of a new convention on the rights of older people, following the release of a UN Independent Expert’s report on older people at the ...

A week of celebrations at the United Nations focused on decades-old declarations against genocide and in favor of international human rights has some critics of the world’s governing body decrying the ...

Today, the Council approved conclusions in view of the Conference of Parties on the Convention on biological diversity (COP16) and the meetings on the Cartagena protocol and the Nagoya protocol, to be ...

"Even after seven sessions of negotiations, there is still no consensus on the basic scope of the Convention or its safeguards against misuse" - ARTICLE 19 This statement was originally published on ...

In a joint letter, human rights organizations and academics stressed that while they are not convinced that a global cybercrime convention is necessary, they reiterate the need for a ...