Excellencies, Distinguished President of the Human Rights Council, Distinguished delegates, Friends and colleagues, I am very pleased to have this opportunity to join in this important conversation on...

The present report was prepared pursuant to the request of the Human Rights Council in its resolution 47/23. In that resolution, the Council requested the High Commissioner to convene a multi - stakeholder consultation to discuss the practical application of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights to the activities of technology companies. The report contains a summary of the discussions held during that consultation.

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Bangladesh on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with...

GENEVA (26 August 2022) - The UN Child Rights Committee (CRC) will hold its upcoming session from 29 August to 23 September, during which it will review North Macedonia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, South...

GENEVA (26 August 2022) – A UN expert has issued a 10-point human rights agenda to improve the human rights situation in Cambodia, open up civil and political space and pave the way for democratic...

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the combined second and third periodic report of the Republic of Korea on its implementation of the...

GENEVA (25 August 2022 ) – Diego García-Sayán, UN Special Rapporteur on independence of judges and lawyers today expressed grave concern for one of Kiribati’s most senior judges, David Lambourne, who...

GENEVA (25 August 2022) – UN expert Cecilia Jimenez-Damary will conduct an official visit to Mexico from 29 August to 9 September, to assess the human rights situation of internally displaced persons...

Good morning. Thank you all for joining us today – in the room and online. As you know, after four years as the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, my mandate ends next week, on 31 August. The...

GENEVA (24 August 2022) - UN experts* today condemned Israel’s escalating attacks against Palestinian civil society in the occupied West Bank, after the Israeli army broke into the offices of seven...