Statement by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 16 November 2020 Greetings to all of you. I am honoured to speak at this event. Let me start by thanking the outgoing chair...

Summary The report focuses on mass graves, highlighting the multitude of sites of mass killings and unlawful death across history and the world. The Special Rapporteur presents some of the complex...

"This year we mark the 25 th anniversary of an immense human tragedy. We also mark the 25-year long journey to obtain recognition, justice and reparation for the victims of the Srebrenica genocide and...

GENEVA (9 July 2020) – UN human rights experts today urged governments to honour victims of the 1995 Srebrenica genocide by building peaceful, inclusive and just societies to prevent a repetition of...

GENEVA (3 June 2020) – UN experts* said today that accountability and justice for the 3 June 2019 victims of the deadly attack on peaceful protesters in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, are essential for...

Spanish GENEVA (8 May 2020) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, expressed serious concerns Friday about continuing human rights violations and abuses and a sharp rise in...

​ Spanish GENEVA (31 October 2019) – UN experts* have deplored the massacre committed against members of the Nasa people in Cauca, Colombia and urge the Government to take urgent measures in...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Marta Hurtado Location: Geneva Date: 28 June 2019 At least 117 people were killed in Ituri province, in the northeast of the Democratic...

GENEVA/KINSHASA (20 March 2012) – A UN report released Tuesday details serious human rights violations, including killings, disappearances and arbitrary detention, committed in Kinshasa by Congolese...

GENEVA (9 March 2010) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said Tuesday that she was appalled by the latest massacre of hundreds of villagers in the region around Jos in northern...