QUITO (8 September 2023) –Poverty is a root cause of the surging violence and insecurity in Ecuador, the UN’s poverty expert said today at the end of his two-week visit to the country, as he urged...

GENEVA (24 August 2023) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De Schutter, will conduct an official visit to Ecuador from 28 August to 8 September to...

GENEVA (23 August 2023) – A UN expert today expressed grave concern about violent attacks and intimidation targeting justice officials, including judges, prosecutors and court officials, and judiciary...

I condemn the killing of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio and the injuring of a number of other people in this shocking criminal act. I note that an investigation has been opened. It is...

GENEVA (27 July 2023) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Thursday expressed deep concern at the recent spike in violence, fuelled in part by gangs vying for control of the...

AFTERNOON 24 March 2023 The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Ecuador, Tunisia, and Morocco. The Council adopted the Universal Periodic Review...

Quito, 23 January 2023. My mission to Ecuador has been my first to a Latin American country as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Although it was only a short visit, I had the opportunity to meet...

GENEVA (20 January 2023) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk will conduct a two-day official mission to Ecuador starting on Sunday 22 January, at the invitation of the Government...

GENEVA (2 November 2022) – Ecuador’s human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the fourth time on Monday, 7 November 2022...