GENEVA (31 March 2017) – "All states must abide by their treaty obligations. In that context, I very much regret that Jordan, a state party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court...

GENEVA (31 March 2017) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has expressed grave concern at the ruling by the Venezuelan Supreme Court to take over the legislative powers of...

29 March 2017 Mr President, Distinguished Members of the Council, Excellencies, Please allow me to welcome Her Excellency President Michelle Bachelet of Chile to the Human Rights Council. I regret...

GENEVA (28 March 2017) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Tuesday deplored the massive loss of civilian lives in west Mosul in recent days, victims of actions by ISIL and...

Video Message by Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Beirut, 28-29 March 2017 I warmly welcome you to this expert meeting on “ Faith for Rights ”, which provides space for a...

GENEVA (24 March 2017) – Two years and more than 13,000 civilian casualties later, the conflict in Yemen continues to rage, with an intensification in hostilities over the past three months that has...