Welcome to the United Nations 
OHCHR 
Basic page to test OH-2962
English
Published Date
Select
Select
FILTERS APPLIED:
Showing 1 - 10 of 134 results
CCPR/C/TGO/CO/5: Concluding observations on the fifth periodic report of Togo
Campaigns
English
Published Date
Argentina: UN experts praise historic law legalising abortion
Content Category
English
Published Date
Español GENEVA (31 December 2020) – UN human rights experts* today welcomed the decision by Argentina’s Senate to legalise abortions up to the 14th week of pregnancy, calling the ground-breaking law a...
Comment by UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani on execution of child offender in Iran today
Content Category
English
Published Date
GENEVA (31 December 2020) – Early this morning in Iran, Mohammad Hassan Rezaiee was executed for an offence he allegedly committed when he was 16 years old. This is the fourth confirmed execution of a...
US pardons for Blackwater guards an “affront to justice” – UN experts
Content Category
English
Published Date
GENEVA (30 December 2020) - A group of UN experts * said the pardons granted to four convicted private security contractors for war crimes in Iraq violated US obligations under international law, and...
US must remove sanctions and allow Syria to rebuild – UN expert
Content Category
English
Published Date
GENEVA (29 December 2020) – UN human rights expert Alena Douhan today called on the United States to remove unilateral sanctions which may inhibit rebuilding of Syria's civilian infrastructure...
The Netherlands violated child’s right to acquire a nationality, UN Committee finds
Content Category
English
Published Date
GENEVA (29 December 2020) – In a ground-breaking decision, the Human Rights Committee has found that the Netherlands violated a child's rights by registering "nationality unknown" in his civil records...
Uganda: UN experts gravely concerned by election clampdown
Content Category
English
Published Date
GENEVA (29 December 2020) – UN human rights experts* today expressed serious concerns about the violence ahead of Uganda's presidential election, and urged authorities to put an end to the arrest...
South African environmental activist demands responsible business practices during COVID-19
Content Category
English
Published Date
Thumbnail Feature Image
Margaret Ghogha Molomo, an environmental activist in South Africa, says that protecting her community from destructive mining companies has been made harder by the assembly restrictions during COVID-19.