Distinguished Vice-President, Excellencies, Colleagues and Friends, I am pleased that the Council has convened a discussion on this important topic. Climate change threatens us all, but it is women...

Distinguished President, Excellencies, Colleagues and friends, I am honoured to be here today to mark the 50th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council. As we speak, the world continues to be...

Oral Update on the High Commissioner’s report on the central role of the State in responding to pandemics and other health emergencies, and the socioeconomic consequences thereof, in advancing...

UN High Commissioner's Oral Update on global human rights developments to the 50th Human Rights Council session Distinguished President, Excellencies, Colleagues and friends, It is an honour to...

GENEVA (10 June 2022) -- The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Federico Villegas (Argentina), has decided to appoint Kaari Betty Murungi, who has been serving as a member of the...

The Human Rights Council will hold its fiftieth regular session from 13 June to 8 July 2022 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human...

Report: ending the continued Israeli occupation and discrimination against Palestinians is essential to stopping the conflict and halting the persistent cycle of violence, while a ‘culture of impunity...

VIENNA/GENEVA (3 June 2022 ) - Members of the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine will undertake their first mission to the country from 7 to 16 June 2022. The...

The Human Rights Council this afternoon closed its thirty-fourth special session after adopting a resolution on the deteriorating human rights situation in Ukraine stemming from the Russian aggression...

The Human Rights Council this morning began its thirty-fourth special session on the deteriorating human rights situation in Ukraine stemming from the Russian aggression, hearing the High Commissioner...