​Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet 28 September 2018 Distinguished Vice President, Excellencies, Friends and colleagues, It is a pleasure to be here today for the...

Opening Remarks by Ms. Kate Gilmore, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights 28 September 2018 Excellences, members of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, ladies and gentlemen...

French | Kirundi GENEVA (28 September 2018) - The Commission of Inquiry on Burundi notes with satisfaction the decision of the United Nations Human Rights Council to extend its mandate for another...

GENEVA (28 September 2018) – UN human rights experts* have urged Egyptian authorities to ensure that all detained human rights defenders are afforded every right to due process and a fair, impartial...

MORNING Extends the Mandate of the Commission of Inquiry on Burundi, Voices Deep Concern about Sexual Violence in Syria, and Adopts the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other...

AFTERNOON GENEVA (28 September 2018) - The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted eight texts in which it extended the mandates of the Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen, of the Independent Expert...

ROUNDUP Decides to Establish an Ongoing Independent Mechanism on the Most Serious International Crimes and Violations of International Law Committed in Myanmar since 2011; Adopts the United Nations...

MORNING The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Central African Republic, heard the presentation of the...

Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet New York, 27 September 2018 Distinguished President of the International Peace Institute, My fellow panellists, Excellencies...