GENEVA (29 April 2015) – “Indonesia appeals for clemency when its own nationals face execution in other countries, so it is incomprehensible why it absolutely refuses to grant clemency for lesser...

UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for International Migration and...

GENEVA (24 April 2015) – After decades of sustained and unrestrained anti-foreigner abuse, misinformation and distortion, and in the wake of a recent article in the Sun newspaper calling migrants...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date: 24 April 2015 (1) Yemen update Civilian casualties have continued to mount in Yemen over the past few...

UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for International Migration and...

Bogotá, 21 April 2015 I'm very happy to have undertaken this visit to Colombia, a country that I have visited several times in different capacities in the past. This time, as Deputy High Commissioner...

TUNIS/GENEVA (20 April 2015) – At the end of a brief visit to Tunisia on Monday, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein applauded the resolve of the Tunisian people to stand...

GENEVA (20 April 2015) - In the wake of the loss of 700 or more lives after a boat carrying migrants capsized at the weekend, the UN Human Rights Chief on Monday urged European Union governments to...

KABUL/GENEVA, 19 APRIL 2015 – Access to justice for women victims of violence in Afghanistan needs to be strengthened, a new UN report has urged. The report states that while there is a legal...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 17 April 2015 Subject: Ukraine We are increasingly worried that the dire human rights situation in...