Welcome to the United Nations 
OHCHR 
Diversity in Adversity: stories from SOGI rights defenders
English
Published Date
Select
Select
FILTERS APPLIED:
Showing 71 - 80 of 355 results
A/HRC/49/55：Privacy and personal data protection in Ibero-America: A step towards globalization? - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy
Content Category
English
Published Date
Ibero-America has seen some highly interesting developments in the area of privacy and personal data protection since the start of the twenty-first century.
Human Rights Council Adopts Outcomes of Universal Periodic Review of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Papua New Guinea, Tajikistan and Tanzania
Content Category
English
Published Date
The Human Rights Council in a midday meeting adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Papua New Guinea, Tajikistan and Tanzania. Speaking on the...
Human Rights Council Adopts Outcomes of Universal Periodic Review of Hungary, Suriname, Samoa and Greece
Content Category
English
Published Date
The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review of Hungary, Suriname, Samoa and Greece. At the beginning of the meeting, Federico Villegas, President of the...
Ukraine: civilian casualty update 23 March 2022
Content Category
English
Published Date
Date: 23 March 2022 From 4 a.m. on 24 February 2022, when the Russian Federation’s armed attack against Ukraine started, to 24:00 midnight on 22 March 2022 (local time), the Office of the UN High...
Failure to adhere to commitments to re-open schools for all girls deeply disappointing and damaging for Afghanistan, Bachelet warns
Content Category
English
Published Date
I share the profound frustration and disappointment of Afghan high school girls and women, who after six months of anticipation were prevented from returning to school today. The de facto authorities’...
Sri Lanka: Criminalisation of same-sex sexual activity breached rights of a LGBTI activist, UN women’s rights committee finds
Content Category
English
Published Date
GENEVA – Sri Lanka violated the rights of a lesbian and leading LGBTI activist who was subjected to discrimination, threats and abuses due to the country’s Penal Code that criminalises same-sex sexual...
A/HRC/49/82/Add.1: Facts and figures with regards to the special procedures in 2021
A/HRC/49/82: Activities of special rapporteurs, independent experts and working groups of the special procedures of the Human Rights Council undertaken in 2021, including updated information on special procedures and information on the twenty-seventh annual meeting of special rapporteurs, independent experts and chairs of working groups - Report of the Secretariat
Content Category
English
Published Date
The present report, submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council decision 2/102, contains an overview of the special procedures system, highlighting activities undertaken by mandate holders in 2021.
Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues: Since Most Contemporary Violent Conflicts Involve Aggrieved Minorities, Strategies Should Address Directly the Root Causes of Exclusion and Injustice
Content Category
English
Published Date
The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with Fernand de Varennes, Special Rapporteur on minority issues, who said that since most contemporary violent conflicts involved...