Farsi (PDF) GENEVA (25 September 2020) – UN independent experts expressed alarm at human rights lawyer and woman human rights defender Nasrin Sotoudeh’s return to Evin Prison in Iran this week despite...

Address by Ms. Nada Al-Nashif United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Assembly Hall, Palais des Nations Geneva, 23 September 2019 Madame President, Members of the Human Rights Council...

23 September 2020 Concludes Dialogue with the Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic ; Continues Dialogue with the Fact-Finding Mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela The Human...

GENEVA (16 September 2020) – UN experts* today called on Iran to temporarily release human rights defenders from prison to protect them from the spread of COVID-19 in prisons. “Iranian human rights...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 11 September 2020 Since 31 July, when prominent trade unionist Rong Chhun was arrested at his home...

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, Ms. Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, in cooperation with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), has initiated the preparation of a report on the situation of indigenous peoples in Asia which will be presented to the Human Rights Council in September 2020.

GENEVA (4 September 2020) – UN human rights experts* today called on the Pakistani authorities to end the secret detention of human rights defender Idris Khattak, who has not been heard from in more...

GENEVA (3 September 2020) – Reports of violence against women in Belarus, including sexual abuse and rape, received by UN human rights experts, are deeply concerning, the UN women’s rights committee...

GENEVA (2 September 2020) – The death of Turkish human rights lawyer Ebru Timtik after a long hunger strike was entirely preventable, UN human rights experts* said today, calling on Turkey to release...

24 July 2003 Approves Suspension of Consultative Status of Reporters sans frontières with United Nations System for One Year after Extended Debate GENEVA, 24 July (UN Information Service) -- The...