Statement by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 22 July 2021 Distinguished President of the General Assembly, Excellencies, Leaders of Afrodescendent communities, I am delighted...

GENEVA (16 July 2021) – UN human rights experts* today called on India to halt evictions of some 100,000 people – including 20,000 children – that began this week in the midst of monsoon rains...

On 13 July 2021, UN human rights experts have expressed their deep concern over the lack of attention to the serious human rights violations perpetrated against the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community around...

13 July 2021 The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted nine texts in which it, among other actions, established an international independent expert mechanism on promoting and protecting the...

MIDDAY 12 July 2021 Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, today told the Human Rights Council that the murder of George Floyd was a tipping point, which had shifted the...

Español ​ GENEVA (9July 2021) ̶ UN experts* today called on Honduras to stop arbitrarily detaining and criminalising human rights defenders of the Garifuna indigenous communities. The Garifuna, who...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Liz Throssell Location: Geneva Date: 6 July 2021 We are deeply saddened and disturbed by the death of 84-year-old Father Stan Swamy, a human...

6 July 2021 Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the High Commissioner on the Situation of Human Rights in Venezuela The Human Rights Council this morning held the second part of its annual full-day...

Statement by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 30 June 2021 Distinguished President, Excellencies, Colleagues, I welcome the Council’s attention to the human rights of older...