GENEVA (9 November 2020) – UN human rights experts today criticised countries that are trying to monopolise any future vaccine against COVID-19, saying the only way to fight the pandemic is to make...

Français GENEVA (9 November 2020) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Monday urged all sides in Cote d’Ivoire to refrain from incitement to violence and to engage in...

Español GENEVA (9 November 2020) - UN human rights experts* welcomed the impending entry into force of the first environmental human rights treaty in Latin America and the Caribbean, known as the...

GENEVA (6 November 2020) – Libya’s human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the third time on Wednesday, 11 November 2020...

Video statement by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet 3 November 2020 I am pleased to join you today, at this time of multiple and complex global challenges. COVID-19...

GENEVA (6 November 2020) – Jamaica’s human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the third time on Wednesday, 11 November...

GENEVA (6 November 2020) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Friday called on all relevant actors to de-escalate the volatile situation in the Ethiopian region of Tigray and...

5 November 2020 (rescheduled from 30 October) New York Mr. President, Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and gentlemen, It is my privilege today to present the annual report of the Human...

5-6 November 2020 I am grateful to the Government of the Netherlands and the International Commission of Jurists for bringing together this event, to examine where we are in the evolving effort to...

GENEVA (5 November 2020) – The worsening health of Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain Al-Hathloul, who has been on hunger strike since 26 October to protest against her prolonged detention, is...