GENEVA (29 April 2022) - The European-Central Asian Regional Forum will take place on 2-3 May 2022, with a focus on building stronger protection mechanisms for minorities in the region and marking the...

GENEVA (28 April 2022) – The investigation and prosecution of former President Lula da Silva violated his right to be tried by an impartial tribunal, his right to privacy and his political rights, the...

GENEVA (28 April 2022) - The UN Child Rights Committee (CRC) will hold its upcoming session from 3 May to 3 June, during which it will review Greece, Iceland, Cambodia, Somalia, Zambia, Cuba, Djibouti...

Date: 28 April 2022 From 4 a.m. on 24 February 2022, when the Russian Federation’s armed attack against Ukraine started, to 24:00 midnight on 27 April 2022 (local time), the Office of the UN High...

The Committee against Torture this afternoon concluded its consideration of the third periodic report of Montenegro on its efforts to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture, with...

Excellencies, Colleagues, I am grateful to Albania and France for organizing today’s crucial and timely discussion. In the words of a woman from Irpin on 15 April after her house burned down: "I am...

The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Iraq, with Committee Experts praising Iraq’s human rights training programmes in police and military...

The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 47/12 of 26 July 2021.

GENEVA (27 April 2022) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Wednesday called on the Sudanese authorities to protect the population of West Darfur and take urgent steps to...

GENEVA (27 April 2022) – Israel’s housing policies in East Jerusalem amount to racial segregation and discrimination against the Palestinian people, and a violation of their human rights, UN experts*...