Distinguished Presidents of the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly – and President Lykketoft, we are delighted and honoured to see you with us this morning Excellencies, Colleagues, Friends...

“The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and human rights, with an emphasis on the right to development” Statement by the High Commissioner Secretary-General, Distinguished President of the...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : Cécile Pouilly Location: Geneva Date: 26 Feburary 2016 Harassment of civil society organizations continues as democratic space shrinks in...

Arabic | French GENEVA (25 February 2016) – A UN report* published on Thursday has documented widespread violations and abuses committed in Libya since the beginning of 2014. The report recommends...

GENEVA (25 February 2016) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Thursday expressed serious concern at security measures adopted at a recent meeting of the heads of...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : Cécile Pouilly Location: Geneva Date: 23 February 2016 We are concerned by the tense post-electoral situation in Uganda, with reports of at...

GENEVA (23 February 2016) – “I very much welcome this plan, and hope no further obstacles are placed in the way of its implementation. The Guantanamo regime, with all that it entailed, has been a...

20 February 2016 Dear friends, I would like to express my admiration for the vital work that you do to defend the human rights of lesbian, gay, bi, trans, intersex and gender non-conforming people...

Related OHCHR Technical Note on the Nepal Act on the Commission on Investigation of Disappeared Persons, Truth and Reconciliation (2014) OHCHR Comments on the Nepal “Commission on Investigation of...

GENEVA (16 February) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said on Tuesday he had raised concerns and sought clarifications from the Chinese authorities about the recent...