My greetings to the distinguished Ministers, Ambassadors and to all of you in Sudan and around the world. This has been a year of extraordinary events. In Sudan, the popular revolution and the courage...

Français GENEVA (20 October 2020) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday appealed to the Government of India to safeguard the rights of human rights defenders and NGOs...

NEW YORK (20 October 2020) – Five years after 193 countries pledged to "leave no one behind" by curbing inequality, a UN expert warned today that discrimination and entrenched inequalities still exist...

Español GENEVA (19 October 2020) – A UN human rights expert today welcomed Mexico’s decision to send to the Senate for ratification the ground-breaking regional environmental treaty known as the...

NEW YORK (19 October 2020) – Governments and businesses must do more to protect people who risk their lives by standing up for human rights, the UN’s expert on human rights defenders told the General...

Briefing to Member State Permanent Missions in Geneva Statement by Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Monday 19 October 2020, 10:00am – 11:00pm Excellencies...

NEW YORK (16 October 2020) – Unilateral sanctions impede the humanitarian response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and must end immediately, a UN human rights expert said today. “The COVID-19 pandemic is...

Español GENEVA (16 October 2020) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Friday urged Bolivia’s authorities, political and other actors to refrain from any actions that could...

GENEVA (16 October 2020) – UN human rights experts* today urged Mexico against making further budgetary cuts to programmes dedicated to preventing and supporting women who are victims of violence, as...

16 October 2020 The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon concluded its virtual sixty-eighth session. In his concluding remarks, Renato Zerbini Ribeiro Leão, Committee...