GENEVA (11 October 2021) - In a historic ruling on the harmful effects of climate change on children’s rights, the Child Rights Committee has found that a State party can be held responsible for the...

GENEVA (2 June 2021) – UN human rights experts* today expressed concerns about a series of attacks, resulting in the deaths of at least two children, by illegal miners in the Munduruku and Yanomami...

GENEVA (10 May 2021) — The Government of Brazil must protect indigenous people's rights amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous People (EMRIP) said in...

Español Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date: 7 May 2021 We are deeply disturbed by the killing of at least 25 people in a police operation...

Portuguese GENEVA (22 February 2021) – The murder of land rights defender Fernando dos Santos Araújo, a key witness and survivor of the 2017 massacre of rural workers in Brazil’s Amazonia region...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 24 November 2020 The killing of João Alberto Silveira Freitas, an Afro-descendent beaten to death...

Portuguese (Word) GENEVA (21 October 2020) – A UN human rights expert said today that Brazil has a unique opportunity to recognise the right to reparations for individuals who as children were...

Portuguese GENEVA (21 October 2020) – A UN expert today criticized the intimidation of lawyers defending former Brazilian President Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva, and called on Brazil to make sure its...

العربية | 中文 | Français | Русский 45th session of the Human Rights Council Item 2: Global Human Rights Update Statement by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 14 September 2020...