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...

AFTERNOON 25 June 2021 Council Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the Independent Expert on Protection against Violence and Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity The Human...

​Español GENEVA (3 June 2021) - A UN expert today called on the Government of Nicaragua to put an end to increasing attacks by its security forces against human rights defenders, and to stop detaining...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date: 7 May 2021 The decision this week by the Ugandan Parliament to pass a wide-ranging sexual offences...

Video message by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet 16-20 November 2020 I am pleased to address this conference and I welcome your focus on accelerating gender...

Statement by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet 29 October 2020, 16:00-17:00 Colleagues, friends, I thank Göttingen University for organizing this seminar. It is...

This year, we have faced – and will continue to face for the foreseeable future - an unprecedented global challenge, as the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated pre-existing inequalities prevalent in all...

Español 27 June 2020 This is a time of great unpredictability for many people. The consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic fall heavily on many lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people around...

​French | ​Spanish Statement by human rights experts on the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia 17 May 2020 Geneva/Washington D.C./Strasbourg, 14 May 2020 On the eve of the...

Chinese | ​French | Russian | Spanish International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia – 17 May 2020 GENEVA (14 May 2020) – Governments worldwide must ensure COVID-19 emergency measures...