We have serious concerns over two bills under consideration in the Sri Lankan Parliament - the revised Anti-Terrorism Bill and the Online Safety Bill - which give the authorities a range of expansive...

The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) have continued to advocate and support efforts towards the adoption and...

Summary The United Nations Secretary General adopted his Guidance Note on Transitional Justice: A Strategic Tool for People, Prevention and Peace in June 2023. The new Guidance Note is a result of a...

Thank you, Pablo, it is good to be here among so many friends to celebrate the launch of this new Secretary-General Guidance Note. Excellencies, Colleagues, We live in a world marked by low levels of...

GENEVA (11 October 2023) – UN experts today called for the immediate release of imprisoned women’s rights and anti-death penalty advocate, Narges Mohammadi, who was awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize...

This joint publication by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) aims to support countries embarking on legislative reform...

GENEVA (9 October 2023) – UN experts* today expressed serious concern about the first mass trial of 47 people underway since February 2023 under the National Security Legislation (NSL) of the Hong...

Excellencies and colleagues, I am pleased to address you today at this forum. I thank all the organizers for convening this high-level event on the United Nations Common Position on Incarceration...

MEXICO CITY (2 October 2023) – Mexico has made significant progress in combatting arbitrary detention in recent years. Reforms in areas of human rights, including the transition to an accusatory...

GENEVA (29 September 2023) – Colombia must guarantee the right of victims to truth, justice, reparation and non-recurrence in its peace and transitional justice agenda in compliance with international...