| OHCHR

FILTERS APPLIED:

Showing 61 - 70 of 253 results

Iran: Ahmadreza Djalali nearing death in solitary confinement, torture must end now

Content Category

Language English

Published Date

18 Mar 2021

Persian version (PDF) GENEVA (18 March 2021) — UN human rights experts* today demanded that Iranian authorities immediately release arbitrarily detained Iranian-Swedish academic Ahmadreza Djalali who...

Comoros: UN experts decry enforced disappearance in defiance of international law

Content Category

Press releases

Language English

Published Date

18 Mar 2021

Français GENEVA (18 March 2021) – UN human rights experts* today called on the Government of Comoros to immediately reveal the fate and whereabouts of Mr. Inssa Mohamed, better known as Bobocha, and...

Human Rights Council 46th Session, Agenda Item 7Introductory remarks by Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Content Category

Statements

Language English

Published Date

18 Mar 2021

Geneva, 18 March 2021 Distinguished Vice-President of the Human Rights Council, Excellencies, Colleagues and friends, I have the honour to present three reports under the agenda item 7 concerning the...

Philippines: Expert urges Congress to enact human rights defenders law

Content Category

Press releases

Language English

Published Date

18 Mar 2021

GENEVA (18 March 2021) – A UN expert today called on the Philippine Congress to prioritise the passage of legislation for the protection of human rights defenders. “Enacting legislation at the...

Myanmar: UN experts raise alarm over forced evictions, escalation of rights violations

Content Category

Press releases

Language English

Published Date

18 Mar 2021

GENEVA (18 March 2021) – UN human rights experts* today deplored allegations of forced evictions, arbitrary detention and killings of pro-democracy protesters in Myanmar, saying States should consider...

Human Rights Council Holds Separate General Debates on Human Rights Bodies and Mechanisms and on the Universal Periodic Review

Content Category

Press releases

Language English

Published Date

18 Mar 2021

18 March 2021 The Human Rights Council this morning held separate general debates on human rights bodies and mechanisms and on the Universal Periodic Review. In the general debate on human rights...

High Commissioner for Human Rights Presents Three Reports on the Human Rights Situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and the Occupied Syrian Golan

Content Category

Press releases

Language English

Published Date

18 Mar 2021

18 March 2021 Human Rights Council Holds General Debate on the Human Rights Situation in Palestine and other Occupied Arab Territories, Starts General Debate on Follow-up to and Implementation of the...

Peace One Day Anti-Racism Live Digital Experience

Content Category

Stories

Language English

Published Date

18 Mar 2021

Tune in on 21 March, International Day for the Elimination of Racial discrimination, for the Anti-Racism Live Global Digital Experience from 1.35 p.m. to 10.02 p.m. GMT, presented by our partner Peace One Day.

Checklist to Strengthen UN Work at Country Level to Combat Racial Discrimination and Advance Minority Rights

Content Category

Tools and resources

Language English

Published Date

17 Mar 2021

Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of Bulgaria, Marshall Islands, United States and Croatia

Content Category

Press releases

Language English

Published Date

17 Mar 2021

17 March 2021 MORNING The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Bulgaria, Marshall Islands, United States and Croatia. Speaking on the Universal Periodic...