GENEVA (8 February 2021) – UN human rights experts* today urged Israel to ensure accountability for torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment universally prohibited under...

GENEVA (8 February 2021) – UN human rights experts expressed serious concerns at the deteriorating security and humanitarian situation at the Al Hol and Roj camps in northeast Syria - home to over 64...

Human Rights Council BACKGROUND RELEASE 8 February 2021 The Human Rights Council will hold a special session on “the human rights implications of the crisis in Myanmar” on Friday, 12 February. The...

GENEVA (8 February 2021) – UN human rights experts today expressed grave concerns over Thailand’s increasingly severe use of lèse-majesté laws to curtail criticism of the monarchy, and said they were...

Ambassador Nazhat Shameem Khan Permanent Mission of Fiji to the United Nations Office at Geneva and President of the Human Rights Council for 2021 8 February 2021 Excellencies. Good morning. And in...

UN human rights experts have expressed their deep concern on 5 February 2021 about the reversal of important democratic gains achieved since 2015 and roll back on limited progress made on...

Sinhala version ( PDF ) ( Word ) | Tamil (PDF) GENEVA (5 February 2021) – UN human rights experts* have urged the Sri Lankan authorities to stop rolling back hard fought progress made in recent years...

​ Español Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Marta Hurtado Location: Geneva Date: 5 February 2021 UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet is deeply concerned...

In her 2021 report to the Human Rights Council, the Special Rapporteur focused on the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on cultures and cultural rights and the potential global cultural catastrophe it represents, with severe, long-lasting consequences for cultural rights and other human rights.

Summary The present report was prepared pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 43/30 on human rights in the occupied Syrian Golan, in which the Council requested the SecretaryGeneral to report to...