Portuguese GENEVA (22 February 2021) – The murder of land rights defender Fernando dos Santos Araújo, a key witness and survivor of the 2017 massacre of rural workers in Brazil’s Amazonia region...

Human Rights Council MORNING 22 February 2021 The Human Rights Council this morning began its high-level segment, hearing addresses by dignitaries from 21 countries. States outlined their national...

MIDDAY 22 February 2021 The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting continued its high-level segment, hearing addresses from 31 dignitaries. Some speakers noted that the pandemic was not only a...

AFTERNOON 22 February 2021 The Human Rights Council this afternoon held its annual high-level panel discussion on human rights mainstreaming, focusing on the state of play in the fight against racism...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Liz Throssell Location: Geneva Date: 19 February 2021 We are very concerned by the latest attacks against judicial independence in Haiti...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Liz Throssell Location: Geneva Date: 19 February 2021 We are increasingly concerned for the fate of civilians in Marib Governorate in...

​18 February 2021 Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for inviting me to this important side-event. My remarks today will be brief and focus on three key points that I see as particularly...

GENEVA (19 February 2021) - The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee today concluded its 25th session, which was held from 15 to 19 February 2021 through virtual means, in view of the current...

19 February 2021 The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concluded today its review of the seventh periodic report of Finland on measures taken to implement the provisions of the...

Español GENEVA (19 February 2021) – We welcome the progress in the investigation in Colombia of the so-called “false positives” cases where people were falsely presented as having been “killed in...