Mr. President, Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and gentlemen, I am honoured to present to you the annual report of the Human Rights Council for this year, as mandated by this august body...

New York, 29 October 2021 Mister Chair, Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and gentlemen, It is a great pleasure to present the annual report of the Human Rights Council to the Third...

GENEVA (29 October 2021) – UN human rights experts* today called on Viet Nam to immediately and unconditionally release detained writer and woman human rights defender Ms Pham Doan Trang who faces...

GENEVA (29 October 2021) – Samoa’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 Tuesday, 2 November 2021...

HARARE (28 October 2021) – The UN Special Rapporteur on unilateral coercive measures, Alena Douhan, called for the lifting of unilateral sanctions against Zimbabwe, and urged meaningful structured...

GENEVA (27 October 2021) – Hungary’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 Tuesday, 2 November 2021...

GENEVA (28 October 2021) – Samoa’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, 3 November 2021...

GENEVA (28 October 2021) – The report by the UN Human Rights Office and the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) on their joint investigation into alleged violations of human rights, humanitarian...

GENEVA (28 October 2021) - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines’ human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the third time on...