ROUNDUP 12 February 2021 The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted a resolution in which it called urgently for the immediate and unconditional release of all persons arbitrarily detained in...

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The present report, the thirteenth submitted by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the implementation of Human Rights Council resolutions S-9/1 and S-12/1, covers the period from 1 November 2019 to 31 October 2020.

GENEVA (11 February 2021) – UN experts urge the Egyptian authorities to remove Ramy Shaath and Zyad El-Elaimy from a “terrorist” list and to stop the systemic misuse of counter-terrorism powers. The...

GENEVA (11 February 2021) — The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights will hold its upcoming session from 15 February to 5 March 2021 and will review reports of Finland and Latvia. In...

GENEVA (11 February 2021) - The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee will hold its twenty-fifth session from 15 to 19 February 2021, after having postponed it from 17 to 21 August 2020 due to the...

Opening remarks by Ms. Ilze Brands Kehris, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Excellencies, Distinguished participants, I am pleased to join you today at the opening of the first Brandenburg...

11 February 2021 at 9:30am Ambassador Rolf Mafael, President of the Ministers’ Deputies, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a pleasure for me to be here with you today in my capacity as...