​Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet 28 September 2018 Distinguished Vice President, Excellencies, Friends and colleagues, It is a pleasure to be here today for the...

Opening Remarks by Ms. Kate Gilmore, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights 28 September 2018 Excellences, members of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, ladies and gentlemen...

French | Kirundi GENEVA (28 September 2018) - The Commission of Inquiry on Burundi notes with satisfaction the decision of the United Nations Human Rights Council to extend its mandate for another...

Italian GENEVA / ROME (28 September 2018) – The UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, Urmila Bhoola, will visit Italy from 3 to 12 October. During her country visit, Bhoola will...

French GENEVA/NIAMEY (28 September 2018) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Felipe González Morales, will visit Niger from 1 to 8 October 2018 to assess the country’s current...

GENEVA (28 September 2018) – UN human rights experts* have urged Egyptian authorities to ensure that all detained human rights defenders are afforded every right to due process and a fair, impartial...

French GENEVA (28 September 2018) - Alioune Tine, the UN’s Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Mali, will visit the country from 1 to 10 October 2018 to assess human rights...

MORNING Extends the Mandate of the Commission of Inquiry on Burundi, Voices Deep Concern about Sexual Violence in Syria, and Adopts the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other...