GENEVA (12 May 2021) – As powerful actors in the current fragile and deteriorating context in Myanmar, businesses must uphold their human rights responsibilities and put pressure on the military junta...

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...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date: 11 May 2021 We are deeply concerned at the escalation of violence in the occupied Palestinian...

GENEVA (11 May 2021) – The UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) on Tuesday issued its findings on Switzerland, Colombia and Mongolia, the State parties which it examined during its latest...

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 (11 May 2021) - UN human rights experts today expressed grave concerns about Israel's aggressive response to protests in East Jerusalem, and called on Israel, as the occupying power, to...

Statement by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet 11 May 2021 Madam Vice-President, Excellencies, Secretary-General's Special Adviser, Colleagues, Friends, I am pleased...