Ensuring Justice for Syria Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet 27 September 2018 Distinguished panellists, Excellencies, Colleagues, friends, The past seven and a half...

High-Level discussion, Economic Growth through Women’s Empowerment Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet 27 September 2018 President Grybauskaitė, Secretary General...

Good Human Rights Stories Initiative: Towards a cross-regional coalition of human rights-minded countries to develop and share a new positive narrative on human rights Statement by UN High...

AFTERNOON Establishes Mechanism to Collect Evidence of Crimes Committed in Myanmar, Extends Mandate of the Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar, Calls on Venezuela to Accept Humanitarian Assistance, and...

Privatisation is generally presented as a technical solution for managing resources and reducing fiscal deficits, but in fact, it is an integral part of an economic and social philosophy of governance.

GENEVA (26 September 2018) – The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has published its findings on the following countries which it examined during its latest session from 27...

MORNING Hears Presentation of Report of the High Commissioner on Findings of the Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen, and Oral Update on the Situation of Human Rights in Libya GENEVA (26 September 2018)...

GENEVA (26 September 2018) - The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia called into question the “genuineness” of the general election in July, which maintained the ruling...

26 September 2018 Mr President, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, I have the honour of presenting my third substantive report on the human rights situation in Cambodia (UN Doc A/HRC/39/73). As your...