Geneva (13 February 2023) – I am alarmed that the licence for the independent media outlet Voice of Democracy has today been revoked. I am concerned that this decision appears arbitrary as it was not...

NEW YORK (13 February 2023) – UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ilze Brands Kehris will arrive today in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for a 10-day official visit. During the...

Madam Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is my honor to address you at the fifth and final regional seminar on the contribution of development to the...

GENEVA (13 February 2023) – The international community must take action to stop systematic and deliberate housing demolition and sealing, arbitrary displacement and forced evictions of Palestinian...

Date: 13 February 2023 1 From 24 February 2022, when the Russian Federation’s armed attack against Ukraine started, to 12 February 2023, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)...

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today opened its seventy-third session, hearing opening remarks from Wan-Hea Lee, Chief of the Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural...

“On behalf of the core group of resolution 51/30, I am pleased to update the Council on the preparations of the high-level panel discussion, organized in accordance with paragraph 4 of the resolution...

JUBA/GENEVA, 13 February 2023 – Members of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan will begin their eleventh visit to South Sudan on Tuesday, 14 February 2023. Barney Afako and...

The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 49/4. It provides an overview of the implementation of the resolution and developments relevant to the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and the obligation to ensure accountability and justice.

GENEVA/PORT-AU-PRINCE (10 February 2023) – Extreme violence and gross human rights abuses, including mass incidents of murder, gang rape and sniper attacks, have sharply increased in Cité Soleil on...