Date: 23 January 2023 1 From 24 February 2022, when the Russian Federation’s armed attack against Ukraine started, to 22 January 2023, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)...

Korean Version (PDF) GENEVA (23 January 2023) – The Republic of Korea’s human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the...

QUITO/GENEVA (23 January 2023) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today condemned the brutal killing of leading Eswatini human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko, who was shot dead in his...

Quito, 23 January 2023. My mission to Ecuador has been my first to a Latin American country as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Although it was only a short visit, I had the opportunity to meet...

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined fifth and sixth periodic report of Bolivia, commending the State on its pursuit of a more equal society...

GENEVA (20 January 2022) – The right to education demands robust financial commitment from States in addition to political commitment, a UN expert said today. “The right to education for all will...

GENEVA (20 January 2023) - The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Felipe González Morales, will conduct an official visit to Bangladesh from 20 to 31 January 2023. The Special...

GENEVA (20 January 2023) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk will conduct a two-day official mission to Ecuador starting on Sunday 22 January, at the invitation of the Government...

GENEVA (20 January 2023) -The failure to address the legacy of the past in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including through comprehensive transitional justice measures and substantive rule of law reform in...

Collapse of legal system in Afghanistan is a human rights catastrophe: UN experts GENEVA (20 January 2023) – The collapse of the rule of law and judicial independence in Afghanistan is a human rights...