Excellencies, It is a special honour to address you today, on the eve of the end of my term as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Thank you for inviting me and for your well wishes and kind words...

GENEVA (30 August 2022) – Israel’s refusal to issue or renew visas for UN Human Rights staff in the occupied Palestinian territory will not prevent the Office from continuing to monitor and report on...

TUNIS/GENEVA (29 August 2022) -- The UN Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya urges all parties involved in the hostilities in Tripoli to refrain from any further military escalation and to...

GENEVA (29 August 2022) – The National Assembly of the Central African Republic (CAR) must ensure that drafting of a new constitution does not jeopardise ongoing efforts towards peace and...

GENEVA (29 August 2022) – UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change, Ian Fry, will visit Bangladesh from 4 to 15 September 2022. This is...

GENEVA (29 August 2022) – The United Nations Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons, Claudia Mahler will conduct an official visit to Nigeria from 29 August to 9...

The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning opened its ninety-first session, which is being held in Geneva from 29 August to 23 September, during which the Committee will review reports on...

The International Commission of Human Rights Experts for Ethiopia is outraged about the renewal of hostilities between the government of Ethiopia and the Tigray People's Liberation Front. Such...

Date: 29 August 2022 1 From 24 February 2022, when the Russian Federation’s armed attack against Ukraine started, to 28 August 2022, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)...