Facing major funding cuts from the United States and others, the United Nations has been forced to shed jobs and start ...

Venezuela’s ruling party-controlled National Assembly has declared Volker Türk, the United Nations high commissioner for ...

A new United Nations report has warned that governments are failing to uphold legal protections for women and girls, ...

Bishops' conferences and councils from Asia, Africa and Latin America (SECAM, CELAM and FABC) and the Pontifical Commission for Latin America have published a document calling for climate justice and ...

On 23 April 2025, the Office of Legal Affairs welcomed 27 participants from 19 countries to the 2025 United Nations Regional Course in International Law for Latin America and the Caribbean. The ...

In Latin America, we’re not just recognizing care work – we’re rebuilding economies around it From Brazil to Panama, bold investments in care, backed by UN Women’s expertise and support, are reshaping ...

Latin America's top human rights court has issued a groundbreaking advisory opinion linking states’ human rights obligations ...

Member states must cooperate to tackle climate change and not take actions that set back environmental protections, the Inter ...

Catholic bishops from Asia, Africa and Latin America are demanding climate justice for the parts of the world most affected ...

In a landmark advisory opinion, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled that governments have a legal obligation to ...

UnitedHealth Group recently announced plans to exit its Latin American operations. It acquired Banmedica in 2018 as a way to enhance its growth opportunities. The move hasn't paid off, however ...