Arabic | Chinese | Russian GENEVA (20 April 2020) ­– Women and girls will face greater discrimination and higher risk of death unless governments consider their specific needs in COVID-19 responses, a...

Chinese | Spanish | Russian The states of emergencies established in many countries to provide conditions to protect societies in the fight against the impact and proliferation of the coronavirus...

Arabic | Chinese | Russian | Spanish GENEVA (17 April 2020) – Antisemitic hate speech has risen alarmingly since the outbreak of the COVID-19 crisis and must be rejected, said the UN Special...

Arabic | Chinese version | Khmer version | Spanish GENEVA (17 April 2020) – The Cambodian Government's new state of emergency law in response to the COVID-19 pandemic risks violating the right to...

Arabic | Chinese | French | Russian | Spanish GENEVA (17 April 2020) – UN Human rights experts* have expressed grave concern at the multiplication of accounts of police killings and other acts of...

Chinese | French | Spanish GENEVA (17 April 2020) – UN human rights experts* today called on Iran to expand its temporary release of thousands of detainees to include prisoners of conscience and dual...

Arabic | Chinese | French | Spanish Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date: 17 April 2020 Subject: Myanmar/Bangladesh - Rohingya We are...

Chinese | French | Spanish Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date: 17 April 2020 Subject: Libya We are gravely concerned by the continued...

French | Spanish Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date: 17 April 2020 Subject: DRC We are alarmed by the worsening security situation in...