Council Concludes General Debate on Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Forms of Intolerance The Human Rights Council this morning opened its agenda item 10 on technical assistance...

GENEVA/NEW YORK (16 March 2022) – The UN Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, Siobhán Mullally, the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes...

Date: 15 March 2022 From 4 a.m. on 24 February 2022, when the Russian Federation’s armed attack against Ukraine started, to 24:00 midnight on 14 March 2022 (local time), the Office of the UN High...

GENEVA (15 March 2022) – The international community must take concerted, immediate measures to stem the spiral of violence in Myanmar, where the military has engaged in systematic and widespread...

Date: 8 March 2022 From 04:00 on 24 February 2022, when the Russian Federation's armed attack against Ukraine started, to 24:00 on 7 March 2022 (local time), we recorded 1,335 civilian casualties in...

GENEVA (28 February 2022) - UN human rights experts* today called on the Russian Federation to immediately end its aggression against Ukraine and call off its unnecessary and unprovoked military...

The effects of current global challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic, economic crisis, climate change and armed conflict are pushing an increased number of people into contemporary forms of slavery...

Geneva, 9 July 2021, Palais des Nations Madam Vice President, Excellencies, Colleagues, It is my honour to present, on behalf of the High Commissioner, two reports on Ukraine – the OHCHR thematic...

New York, 15 June 2021 Secretary-General, President, Excellencies, Distinguished delegates and participants, I wish to thank the Bureau for the invitation to participate in the opening of the [14th...

Protection of Civilians side events – POC week Tuesday 25 May 2021, 9:30 am to 10:30am DPPA – OHCHR - OCHA Distinguished panelists and guests, Dear colleagues, Our common objective is indisputable: to...