This joint publication by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) aims to support countries embarking on legislative reform...

Dear Deputy Secretary-General, Ambassador Mythen, Excellencies Major Groups co-chairs, Colleagues and friends. We heard time and again at the High-level political forum that we find ourselves behind...

GENEVA (1 June 2023) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk will be in the Austrian capital, Vienna, from 5 to 8 June for events commemorating the 30th anniversary of the World Conference...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk - message to mark the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

The fourth phase (2020-2024) of the World Programme for Human Rights Education focuses on youth empowerment through human rights education, in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development...

Faced with insecurity from cattle rustling and mistrust of being disarmed, residents of the northern-eastern Uganda region of Karamoja have now embraced human rights dialogue - to promote peace. The...

The present report, submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 42/37, outlines the role and achievements of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in...

Submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 42/37, the present report outlines the role and achievements of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in...