Human Rights Council 50th Session Panel discussion on menstrual hygiene management, human rights and gender equality Excellencies, friends, I am pleased to address you on a topic the Human Rights...

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon heard from representatives of national human rights institutions and non-governmental organizations on the situation of...

GENEVA (20 June 2022) – UN human rights experts* today commended an announcement made by the Malaysian government that it will abolish the country’s mandatory death penalty and encouraged Parliament...

GENEVA/NEW YORK (17 June 2022) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet and UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide Alice Nderitu today expressed their deep alarm about the...

GENEVA (20 June 2022) – The world is bearing witness to a continued shrinking of civic space and increased human rights violations in the context of peaceful protests, as governments across the globe...

GENEVA (20 June 2022) – Governments must adopt a holistic response to violence by addressing the ways it manifests in different contexts a UN expert said today, urging States to repeal and denounce...

Date: 20 June 2022 From 4 a.m. on 24 February 2022, when the Russian Federation’s armed attack against Ukraine started, to 24:00 midnight on 19 June 2022 (local time), the Office of the UN High...

UN Human Rights Chief Michelle Bachelet to conduct official visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina, 21-24 June 2022 GENEVA (20 June 2022) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet begins a...

In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Javaid Rehman, details observations regarding trends, concerns and progress made in the...

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its review of the sixth periodic report of Namibia, congratulating the State party on the adoption of its first...