Statement by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Geneva, 30 June 2020 Madam President, Excellencies, I now present the oral report on the Rohingya people of Myanmar requested by...

30 June 2020 Holds Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on the Situation of Human Rights in the Philippines, Starts Interactive Dialogue on the Situation of Human Rights of Rohingya Muslims and other...

30 June 2020 Starts Interactive Dialogue on the High Commissioner’s Annual Report and her Oral Update on the Human Rights Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic The Human Rights Council this afternoon...

Español 27 June 2020 This is a time of great unpredictability for many people. The consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic fall heavily on many lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people around...

GENEVA (26 June 2020) – UN experts* today called on India to immediately release human rights defenders who have been arrested for protesting against changes to the nation’s citizenship laws. “These...

​Human Rights Council Roundup 23 June 2020 Extends Mandates on Situation of Human Rights in Iran, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Myanmar, South Sudan, Syria and Mali, and Thematic Mandates on...

In his report, the Independent Expert discusses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans and gender-diverse (LGBT) persons, communities and/or populations. The Independent Expert analyses the impact of the pandemic on social exclusion and violence and the interaction with institutional drivers of stigma and discrimination. He also analyses measures adopted in the context of the pandemic aimed at persecuting LGBT persons or with indirect or unintended discriminatory effects and identifies good practice.

​ This statement is issued by independent experts* of the Special Procedures of the United Nations Human Rights Council: GENEVA (19 June 2020) On June 19, people of African descent in the United State...