We are deeply alarmed by reports that women and girls are being abducted and held in inhuman, degrading slave-like conditions in areas controlled by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Darfur, where...

GENEVA/PORT-AU-PRINCE (10 February 2023) – Extreme violence and gross human rights abuses, including mass incidents of murder, gang rape and sniper attacks, have sharply increased in Cité Soleil on...

Mesye dam bonjou (Good morning all). Thank you for coming and let me begin by thanking the Government of Haiti for its invitation to visit, and for the frank discussions we have had over the past two...

GENEVA (4 March 2020) – Many violent extremism prevention programmes worldwide are directly contributing to human rights violations and may even foster radicalization instead of preventing it, warned...

Summary In this report, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism addresses the global and national effects of the...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date: 20 December 2019 Subject: Iraq Iraq We are concerned by the continued pattern of deadly attacks in...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Marta Hurtado Location: Geneva Date: 29 November 2019 Subject: Iraq casualties We are deeply disturbed by the continued killing and wounding...

GENEVA (15 November 2019) – The UN Independent Expert on the human rights situation in Mali, Alioune Tine, will visit the country from 19-28 November 2019. His visit follows the killing on 1 November...

Statement by Andrew Gilmour Assistant Secretary-General, OHCHR NY Mr. Chairperson, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am pleased to present four reports under agenda item 51. Allow me to...

Andrew Gilmour, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, 74th session of the General Assembly, Fourth Committee, Item 51 Remarks made in response to a question from the Permanent Observer Mission...