GENEVA (31 May 2023) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Wednesday welcomed the final verdict of the UN’s International Residual Mechanism for the Criminal Tribunals concerning...

“With the passing of Thomas Buergenthal yesterday, we lost a towering figure for the defence of human rights. The full span of Thomas Buergenthal’s life reflected and taught us the enduring power of...

BOGOTA (31 May 2023) – Trafficking in persons, especially children by non-state armed groups and criminal organisations continues to undermine peacebuilding in Colombia, a UN expert warned today....

GENEVA (30 May 2023) – UN experts today called on Belarusian authorities to immediately release all prisoners in the country detained on spurious charges for exercising their fundamental rights to...

Madam Chair, Members of the Permanent Forum, Delegates and participants, Excellencies, As we commemorate the 75 th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights this year, we also celebrate...

Tuesday, 30 May 2023 at 10:00, at the United Nations General Assembly Hall, New York Distinguished Members of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, Excellencies, Dear participants, It is a...

GENEVA (30 May 2023) - The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) today issued its findings on China (including Hong Kong SAR, China and Macao SAR, China), Germany...

Today, our Office released a report on the human rights impacts of new technologies on civic space in South-East Asia. While the expansion of Internet access and proliferation of digital technologies...

The present report outlines the strategic vision and initial priorities of Ashwini K.P., who was appointed by the Human Rights Council in October 2022, during its fifty-first session, as the sixth...

International Seminar for National Human Rights Institutions Impacts of Climate change on Human Rights Video Statement by Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Greetings to all. At the...