GENEVA (22 March 2023) - Persistent attacks and widespread repression by the Government of Venezuela against perceived opponents continues to haunt the country’s population, the UN Fact-Finding...

The present report contains an overview of the special procedures system, highlighting activities undertaken in 2022. It also contains information on the work of the Coordination Committee of Special Procedures. It elaborates on the main points and the conclusions reached during the Twenty-eighth annual meeting of special rapporteurs, independent experts and chairs of working groups of the special procedures.

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this morning concluded its consideration of the additional report of Germany on how it implements the provisions of the International Convention on the...

The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue on the High Commissioner’s report on the situation of human rights in Belarus in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election and in...

GENEVA (22 March 2023) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Wednesday said the adoption in Uganda of draconian new legislation targeting lesbian, gay and bisexual people was...

Mr. Vice-President, Excellencies, I am honoured to present the High Commissioner’s report on promoting accountability for human rights violations in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)...

Presentation of the HC’s report on the situation of human rights in Belarus in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election and in its aftermath (HRC res 49/36) Mr. President, Your Excellencies, Good...

GENEVA / NEW YORK (21 March 2023) – Water should be managed as a common good not a commodity, UN experts* said today. They urged States to ensure that human rights and water defenders be placed at the...