Statement by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 25 September 2020 Thank you for inviting me to speak to the Monash International Affairs Society at this difficult, challenging...

Greetings. I am delighted that we are highlighting the need to protect the civic space, and in particular, the right to peaceful assembly. At this crucial time, with the COVID-19 pandemic undermining...

Français | Español Geneva, 29 September 2020 "I am concerned about the resumption of hostilities along the line of contact in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone and urge an immediate end to the...

العربية GENEVA / BEIRUT (29 September 2020) – In its third report , officially presented to the Human Rights Council today, the Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen detailed...

29 September 2020 Begins General Debate on Human Rights Bodies and Mechanisms The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Sweden, Grenada, Turkey and...

29 September 2020 Concludes General Debate on Human Rights Bodies and Mechanisms The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with the Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen. It...

In line with the programme of activities for the implementation of the International Decade for People of African Descent, the present report is focused on the enjoyment of human rights by children and young people of African descent.

GENEVA (28 September 2020) – UN human rights experts* today called on Nigerian authorities to immediately release a 22-year-old singer sentenced to death over an allegedly blasphemous song shared on...

GENEVA (28 September 2020) - The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing today raised concerns about the decision to evict up to 250,000 people living in shacks alongside railway tracks...