Español GENEVA (18 May 2021) – A UN expert today urged the Government of Peru to end the criminalisation of environmental human rights defenders and ensure the country's judiciary is not used as a...

Español GENEVA/ WASHINGTON D.C.(14 May 2021) - UN and OAS human rights experts* today condemned the violent crackdown on peaceful protests in Colombia, and called on the Government to conduct a...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date: 11 May 2021 More than 100 days after the coup in Myanmar, the military authorities are showing no...

GENEVA (11 May 2021) – UN human rights experts* welcomed the release of Iranian human rights defender Arash Sadeghi, who was released from Raja'i Shahr Prison this month after five-and-a-half years in...

GENEVA (7 May 2021) – A UN expert today condemned a decision by a Cambodian court to sentence three environmental human rights defenders to jail terms of up to 20 months and urged the Government to...

​ Español GENEVA (6 May 2021) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Thursday sounded the alarm over the rising number of threats, attacks and attempts to undermine and...

Institute of International and European Affairs Keynote Speech by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet Dublin, 5 May 2021 Ambassador Mary Whelan, Colleagues Friends, I...

Español Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Marta Hurtado Location: Geneva Date: 4 May 2021 We are deeply alarmed at developments in the city of Cali in Colombia overnight...

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...