Q1: Mr. High Commissioner, respect for human rights has, since the creation of the United Nations in 1945, been considered as the foundation for sustainable peace. As you recently took up your...

GENEVA (31 October 2022) – It is alarming there is still no concrete accountability months after dozens of migrants of African descent, including refugees and asylum seekers, died during violent...

NEW YORK (31 October 2022) – Lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender-diverse (LGBT) persons are facing differentiated and disproportionate impact in armed conflict situations, a UN human rights...

GENEVA (31 October 2022) – The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) today issued its findings on Armenia, Belgium, Finland, The Gambia, Honduras, Saint Kitts and...

GENEVA (31 October 2022) -- Türkiye’s failure to release human rights defender Osman Kavala from prison may have far reaching consequences for all those seeking justice in the country, a UN expert...

Date: 31 October 2022 1 From 24 February 2022, when the Russian Federation’s armed attack against Ukraine started, to 30 October 2022, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)...

The Committee against Torture this morning opened its seventy-fifth session, which is being held in Geneva from 31 October to 25 November, during which it will review efforts by Australia, Chad, El...

GENEVA ( 31 October 2022) – UN Special Rapporteur Siobhán Mullally will assess the human rights issue of trafficking in persons during an official visit to Bangladesh from 31 October to 9 November...

NEW YORK (31 October 2022) – There can be no meaningful solution to the global climate and ecological crisis without addressing systemic racism, and particularly the historic and contemporary racial...

NEW YORK (28 October 2022) – Faced with multiple and compounding crises, governments must embrace and enable social movements as essential partners as they ‘build back better’, a UN expert said today...