21 June 2021 The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today opened its online seventy-ninth session, hearing a statement by Simon Walker Representative of the Secretary-General...

Statement by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 8 June 2021 Excellencies, Colleagues, Friends, I thank the Permanent Mission of Egypt for this opportunity to discuss a crucial...

GENEVA/WASHINGTON D.C. (8 June 2021) – After a deadly election campaign, UN and Organization of American States (OAS) human rights experts* today called on Mexican authorities to make sure the post...

Video message from Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 6 June 2021 Dear friends, I am delighted to participate in this gathering. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak...

GENEVA (4 June 2021) – UN human rights experts* today condemned the arrest and alleged arbitrary detention of 21 people defending the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender diverse (LGBT)...

On 21 and 22 October 2020, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), together with the American University Washington College of Law, through its War Crimes Research...

GENEVA (17 May 2021) South Africa’s low levels of prosecution and conviction in domestic violence cases and the frequent failures by the police to serve and enforce protection orders, exposed...

In the present report, the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls calls for a radical shift in how situations of crisis are identified and addressed, by drawing attention to the non-enjoyment by women and girls of their basic sexual and reproductive health rights as a significant impediment to gender equality, resulting from the persistent failure of States to adequately respect, protect and fulfil those rights.