Opening of the Social Forum, 8 October 2020, 10:00-10:30 Virtual -- Room XX, Palais des Nations, Geneva Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet Distinguished panellists...

GENEVA (8 October 2020) – Egypt is using exceptional “Terrorism Circuit Courts” to target human rights defenders, silence dissent, and to lock up activists during the COVID-19 pandemic, UN human...

Remarks by Ilze Brands Kehris, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights 8 October 2020 Excellencies, Colleagues and friends, I’m delighted to join this timely event – convened on the eve of the...

Summary This report examines how the fight against poverty can be combined with the search for a development model that mitigates climate change and halts the erosion of biodiversity. The “just...

7 October 2020 Texts Deal with the Human Rights of Women and Girls, the Rights of Children, the Contribution of the Human Rights Council to the Prevention of Human Rights Violations, Technical...

GENEVA (7 October 2020) – UN human rights experts* today praised Canada for bringing a five-year-old orphan girl home from a squalid Syrian detention camp, and encouraged other countries to follow...

Français GENEVA / NEW YORK (7 October 2020) – Political leaders, in particular the candidates campaigning for the upcoming presidential election in Guinea, should refrain from invoking ethnic...

7 October 2020 Elects by Acclamation Seven Members of the Advisory Committee and Appoints Eight Special Procedure Mandate Holders The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted two resolutions...

7 October 2020 The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its forty-fifth regular session after adopting 35 resolutions, one Presidential Statement and one decision. The Council ended the...

Statement by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet 7 October 2020 Mr. James Quincey, Ms. Lisa Chang, Mr. Brent Wilton, Mr. Guy Ryder, Distinguished participants, I am...