GENEVA (17 October 2023) – Continuing violent displacement and threats of further attacks on the besieged Gaza Strip pose a major public health risk and emergency, a UN expert said today after at...

Colleagues, At the core of humanitarian action and UN work more generally lies compassion, empathy and solidarity. We are driven by a commitment to alleviate human suffering and to protect human...

GENEVA (10 February 2023): Extending their heartfelt support to the people of Türkiye and Syria, UN experts* today urged the international community to take prompt action to enable effective emergency...

GENEVA (15 June 2022) – UN Special Rapporteurs* participating in the annual RightsCon Summit have emphasized that digital rights violations enable and escalate online and offline violence, deepening...

GENEVA (28 October 2021) – The report by the UN Human Rights Office and the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) on their joint investigation into alleged violations of human rights, humanitarian...

GENEVA (23 September 2021) – Urgent action is needed to prevent the situation in Myanmar from spiraling into a full-blown conflict, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said on...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Marta Hurtado Location: Geneva Date: 21 September 2021 We are very concerned by the situation in Yemen where all parties to the conflict...

​Afternoon, 14 September 2021 The Human Rights Council this afternoon continued the general debate on the global human rights update presented by Michele Bachelet, the United Nations High Commissioner...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 10 September 2021 Peaceful protesters across various provinces in Afghanistan over the past four...

Human Rights Council BACKGROUND RELEASE 8 February 2021 The Human Rights Council will hold a special session on “the human rights implications of the crisis in Myanmar” on Friday, 12 February. The...