Arabic | Chinese | Russian | Spanish GENEVA (31 March 2020) – A UN human rights expert called for the immediate lifting of international sanctions to prevent hunger crises in countries hit by the...

Arabic | Chinese | French | Russian | Spanish In the face of the COVID-19 crisis, we are all vulnerable. The virus has shown that it does not discriminate - but many refugees, those forcibly displaced...

Arabic | Chinese | French | Russian | Spanish GENEVA (30 March 2020) - The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) has issued detailed advices on a range of actions governments and...

Arabic | Chinese | French | Russian | Spanish | Esperanto version GENEVA (30 March 2020) –The exploitation of COVID-19-related fears by groups and politicians to scapegoat minorities is leading to an...

Arabic | Chinese BEIRUT/GENEVA, 30 March 2020 – The Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen, today expressed their deep concern about the potential risks of the spread of COVID-19...

Arabic | Chinese Geneva, 28 March 2020 – With the first reported cases of COVID-19 confirmed in the Syrian Arab Republic, parties must cease fighting and allow space for urgent measures to be taken to...

HC Michelle Bachelet on COVID-19: " We need to come together and continue working for the common good with conviction and determination.

Spanish GENEVA (27 March 2020) – Society has a duty to exercise solidarity and better protect older persons who are bearing the lion's share of the COVID-19 pandemic, a UN human rights expert said....

GENEVA (27 March 2020) – Restrictive measures adopted worldwide to fight COVID-19 intensify the risk of domestic violence; Governments must uphold the human rights of women and children and come up...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date: 27 March 2020 Subject: Hungary We are following with concern developments in Hungary where the...