A UN human rights expert today expressed serious concerns for the welfare of close to 700 children held at Al-Sina'a/Ghuwayran prison in Al-Hasakeh in northeast Syria, the scene of a deadly ISIL...

The situation of civilians in the northeastern Syrian city of Al-Hasakeh is deeply troubling. On 20 January, ISIL fighters launched apparently coordinated attacks on a prison there, enabling dozens of...

The High Commissioner deeply deplores the military takeover of power in Burkina Faso yesterday. During her visit to Burkina Faso last November, she had stressed the importance of preserving the hard...

GENEVA (25 January 2022) - Moldova'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 Friday, 28 January, in a...

GENEVA (24 January 2022) – Uganda’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 Thursday, 27 January, in a...

Background In resolution 47/23 entitled “New and emerging digital technologies and human rights,” the Human Rights Council requested the Office of the High Commissioner to convene an expert...

Hello! My name is Anaïs Marin and since November 2018 I have been holding the mandate of UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus. This mandate was established by the UN Human...

GENEVA (24 January 2022) – Timor-Leste’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 Thursday, 27 January...

GENEVA (21 January 2022) - I warmly welcome the vote by Parliament in Papua New Guinea on 20 January to repeal the death penalty. There have been no executions in Papua New Guinea since the 1950s* and...