Countering and Preventing Terrorism in the Age of Transformative Technologies: Addressing the Challenges of the New Decade Session III -- Upholding Human Rights and Promoting Gender Responsiveness...

Video message by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 25 May 2021 Greetings to all of you, and many thanks to Spain, and UNOCT, for organising this discussion. Let me begin with...

GENEVA (14 April 2021) – The United States’ anti-terrorism program “Rewards for Justice” is violating the human rights of some of the individuals it targets, UN human rights experts* said. The program...

GENEVA (23 March 2021) – United Nations human rights experts said today digitalisation and the COVID-19 pandemic had facilitated a new wave of stigma, racism, xenophobia and hate targeting minorities...

18 March 2021 Human Rights Council Holds General Debate on the Human Rights Situation in Palestine and other Occupied Arab Territories, Starts General Debate on Follow-up to and Implementation of the...

MORNING 5 March 2021 Council Concludes Interactive Dialogues with Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief and Special Rapporteur on Protecting Human Rights while Countering Terrorism The...

GENEVA (4 March 2021) – A UN expert said today counter-terrorism law and policy is negatively affecting the human rights of women and girls around the globe, undermining equality gains and limiting...

GENEVA (11 February 2021) – UN experts urge the Egyptian authorities to remove Ramy Shaath and Zyad El-Elaimy from a “terrorist” list and to stop the systemic misuse of counter-terrorism powers. The...

GENEVA (11 February 2021) - The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee will hold its twenty-fifth session from 15 to 19 February 2021, after having postponed it from 17 to 21 August 2020 due to the...

GENEVA (28 January 2021) – UN human rights experts today called on Philippine authorities to drop a reportedly unwarranted murder charge against an indigenous rights defender who submitted himself to...