​Statement by REEM ALSALEM SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, ITS CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES 5 October 2021 New York Chairperson, Distinguished delegates, It is an honor and a privilege to...

International Safe Abortion Day 28 September 2021 On the International Safe Abortion Day, a group of UN experts* stress that abortion is essential health care and a human right. Denial of access to...

Statement by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights 21 September 2021 Esteemed colleagues, As a woman, a fellow doctor and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, I am...

UNGA76 Virtual Ministerial Side Event 21 September 2021, 12:00 -13:30 p.m. (EDT) Excellencies, Distinguished colleagues, As Chair of the UN Working Group on discrimination against women and girls, I...

Statement by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet 17 September 2021 Madam President, Distinguished delegates, Colleagues, Pursuant to the Human Rights Council...

Statement by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 15 September 2021 Greetings to all of you, and thank you for this opportunity to speak with you about gender equality, which has...

Women’s full participation in Afghanistan’s public and political life as a guarantee of their fundamental human rights 15 September 2021 Afghanistan’s international human rights obligations Despite...

GENEVA (15 September 2021) - Women’s full and equal participation in public and political life in Afghanistan is essential to addressing the multiple crises confronting the country and must be seen as...

GENEVA (14 September 2021) - UN human rights experts* today deplored a statement to the media by a Taliban official on 8 September that women would not be allowed to participate in sport, warning that...

GENEVA (14 September 2021) – UN human rights experts* today denounced a recently enacted law that effectively bans abortion as early as six weeks of pregnancy and includes an unprecedented provision...