GENEVA (11 November 2020) – UN human rights experts* noted the agreement reached on 9 November to put an end to hostilities in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and hope that it will lead to sustained...

GENEVA (10 November 2020) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday said she was disturbed by reports of continued intimidation and harassment against opposition leaders and...

9 November 2020 To date, there have been more than 49 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 and over 1.2 million deaths reported to WHO. 1 This disease continues to prove more deadly than anticipated...

6 November 2020 The Human Rights Committee this afternoon closed its one hundred and thirtieth session, which it held remotely. Ahmed Amin Fathalla, Committee Chairperson, said the Committee’s second...

GENEVA (9 November 2020) – UN human rights experts today criticised countries that are trying to monopolise any future vaccine against COVID-19, saying the only way to fight the pandemic is to make...

Français GENEVA (9 November 2020) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Monday urged all sides in Cote d’Ivoire to refrain from incitement to violence and to engage in...

Español GENEVA (9 November 2020) - UN human rights experts* welcomed the impending entry into force of the first environmental human rights treaty in Latin America and the Caribbean, known as the...

GENEVA (6 November 2020) – Libya’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 Wednesday, 11 November 2020...

Video statement by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet 3 November 2020 I am pleased to join you today, at this time of multiple and complex global challenges. COVID-19...

GENEVA (6 November 2020) – Jamaica’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 Wednesday, 11 November...