Opening remarks by Special Adviser on the Responsibility to Protect, Karen Smith May 2021, from 9:00 am to 11:00 am (EST) Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, Colleagues and friends, I am honored to...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date: 11 May 2021 We are increasingly concerned about the situation in Algeria where the rights to freedom...

GENEVA (10 May 2021) — The Government of Brazil must protect indigenous people's rights amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous People (EMRIP) said in...

GENEVA (10 May 2021) – A UN human rights expert* today raised concerns about the holding of prisoners for prolonged or indefinite periods in isolation in restrictive control units, known as Close...

GENEVA (7 May 2021) – Singapore's human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the third time on Wednesday, 12 May 2021, in a...

GENEVA (7 May 2021) – Sierra Leone's human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the third time on Wednesday, 12 May 2021 in...

GENEVA (7 May 2021) – UN human rights experts* today called on the Bahamas to halt planned demolitions this week of approximately 600 homes at two informal settlements known as the Farm and the Farm...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date: 7 May 2021 Eight Palestinian refugee families residing in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of East...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date: 7 May 2021 The decision this week by the Ugandan Parliament to pass a wide-ranging sexual offences...

Español Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date: 7 May 2021 We are deeply disturbed by the killing of at least 25 people in a police operation...