Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet 27 February 2019 Vice-President Campbell-Barr, Distinguished panellists, Excellencies, Friends and colleagues, I’m delighted that...

GENEVA (22 February 2019) - The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon reviewed the situation of Rohingya women and girls in northern Rakhine state, based on a...

GENEVA (21 February 2019) - Prompt and impartial investigations must be carried out into numerous cases of alleged killings, unlawful arrests, and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of indigenous...

Statement on its importance for minorities by the UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues, Fernand de Varennes Language is for many one of the essential markers at the core of their identity. It is...

GENEVA (13 February 2019) – Russia must act urgently to protect the rights of people who are, or are perceived to be, lesbian, gay or bisexual in Chechnya, and investigate allegations of human rights...

Brussels, 11 February 2019 The Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent thanks the Government of Belgium for its invitation to visit the country from 4 to 11 February 2019, and for its...

GENEVA / BRUSSELS (11 February 2019) — Belgium must recognize the true scope of the violence and injustice of its colonial past in order to tackle the root causes of present-day racism faced by people...

GENEVA (8 February 2019) – The Government of Malawi must take immediate action to protect people with albinism after the killing of one person and the separate abduction of a one-year-old baby, say UN...

GENEVA (4 February 2019) — Finland violated the rights of representatives to the Sámi parliament by improperly extending its pool of eligible candidates, the Human Rights Committee found in two...