This report addresses violence, death and serious injury in situations of deprivation of liberty, examining the types of violence that result in deaths and serious injury, as well as the environmental...

States must recommit to ensuring rights of terrorism victims, says UN rights expert GENEVA (20 August 2019) – In a statement to mark the International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to the Victims...

19 August 2018 Dear Mrs. Vieira de Mello, Your Excellency, Ambassador Alkhateeb, My dear colleagues, This is a solemn and painful day. We have come together to remember the 22 colleagues killed in the...

19 August 2019 Director-General, Distinguished panellists, Excellencies and colleagues, It is an honour to speak at this ceremony of tribute for humanitarians who have lost their lives in their...

​French GENEVA (19 August 2019) The Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Mali, Alioune Tine, has welcomed reconciliation initiatives launched in central Mali by traditional and...

JUBA (19 August 2019) – Members of the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan will begin their seventh field mission to South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia today. The mission will take place...

GENEVA (19 August 2019) -- The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet expressed serious concerns Monday about the appointment of a senior Sri Lankan military officer, who has been...