GENEVA (29 April 2021) – Estonia’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 Tuesday, 4 May 2021 in a...

Plenary 2.1 Implications of the pandemic for the relationship between citizens and States Statement by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 29 April 2021 Assistant Secretary...

In the present report, the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls calls for a radical shift in how situations of crisis are identified and addressed, by drawing attention to the non-enjoyment by women and girls of their basic sexual and reproductive health rights as a significant impediment to gender equality, resulting from the persistent failure of States to adequately respect, protect and fulfil those rights.

Video message by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 28 April 2021 I, and my colleagues at the UN Human Rights Office, are with you in spirit today, we mourn the sudden loss of...

Working Group to Review the Human Rights Records in 14 States GENEVA (28 April 2021) - The thirty-eighth session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be...

GENEVA (28 April 2021) – UN experts* today called on Nigerian authorities to comply with the decision of the Federal High Court to release the prominent humanist and rights defender Mubarak Bala on...

GENEVA (28 April 2021) – Niger’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 Monday, 3 May 2021, in a...

28 April 2021 The Committee against Torture this afternoon closed its virtual seventieth session, which was held from 26 to 28 April 2021. Claude Heller, Acting Committee Chairperson, said the...