Français Video Message from Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 15 September 2020 Greetings. For months now, the COVID-19 pandemic has been challenging our societies and...

Message from Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 15 September 2020 Distinguished President Honourable Members of Parliament, For months now, the COVID-19 has tested our leadership...

GENEVA (10 July 2020) – Governments around the world must take action to protect and promote freedom of expression during the COVID-19 pandemic, which many States have exploited to crack down on...

Spanish Online event organized by UN Group of Friends for the Protection of Journalists and RSF Keynote speech by Ilze Brands Kehris, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights 6 May 2020, 10.30 –...

Arabic | Chinese | French | Russian | Spanish GENEVA (24 April 2020) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said today she was alarmed by restrictive measures imposed by several...

Chinese | French | Spanish GENEVA (9 April 2020) – The independent human rights expert who monitors Myanmar has condemned the crackdown on the rights to freedom of expression and access to information...

Arabic | Chinese | Russian | Spanish GENEVA / WASHINGTON / VIENNA (19 March 2020) – In light of the growing disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the monitors for freedom of expression and...

2 September 2003 The Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the situation in Myanmar, Prof. Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, is deeply disturbed by reports that Aung San Suu Kyi, General...

Commission on Human Rights 59th session 19 March 2003 Morning Senior officials from Tanzania, Morocco, Finland, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, the Sudan, the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Estonia, the Islamic...