MIDDAY Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Presents Oral Update on the Implementation of the Programme of Activities within the Framework of the International Decade for People of African...

LGBTI Core Group event at the UNGA73 Violence against LGBTI Individuals: Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, New York...

Death Penalty: Poverty and the Right to legal Representation Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet New York, 25 September 2018 Distinguished Ministers, Excellencies...

AFTERNOON GENEVA (25 September 2018) - The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue on the situation of human rights in Ukraine and an enhanced interactive dialogue on the...

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today examined the sixth periodic report of Germany on measures taken to implement the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic...

Statement by UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Kate Gilmore 39th session of the Human Rights Council 25 September 2018 Distinguished President, Excellencies, Colleagues and friends, Despite...

Statement by UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Kate Gilmore 39th session of the Human Rights Council 25 September 2018 Distinguished President, Excellencies, Colleagues, Friends, I wish to...

Spanish GENEVA / BUENOS AIRES (21 September 2018) – The Government of Argentina should support the country’s family farming sector in order to protect food availability, says the UN expert on food and...

24 September 2018 Mr. President, Distinguished Delegates, Observers, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am honoured to deliver this oral update in my capacity as the Chairperson of the Independent International...

MORNING GENEVA (24 September 2018) - The Human Rights Council this morning concluded its general debate on the Universal Periodic Review. During the debate, speakers noted that the Universal Periodic...