As 2022 draws to a close, it is an important time to take a pause. To look back at our world over the past few years. With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences, which continue to...

Remarks of ASG Brands Kehris’ at the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism Third 2022 Quarterly Briefing to Member States Excellencies, dear friends and colleagues. I am pleased to once again...

The UN Human Rights Office condemns Israel’s deportation of Palestinian-French human rights defender Salah Hammouri to France on Sunday, and we are deeply concerned by the chilling message this sends...

Date: 19 December 2022 1 From 24 February 2022, when the Russian Federation’s armed attack against Ukraine started, to 18 December 2022, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)...

GENEVA (19 December 2022) – Demonising victims of trafficking and contemporary forms of slavery erodes public sympathy for measures to protect them and may lead to attacks on these groups by...

Advisory Board for International Human Rights Affairs (IONK) and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland. Taking stock on the realization of human rights globally – crises, challenges, success...

On International Migrants Day this year, I urge us to reflect on the values that bring us together as one human family. Today we need stories that show us that the values we hold in common are...