Video Statement by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 4 May 2021 Shalom. I am truly honoured to join you today. It is particularly touching to address Holocaust survivors, women...

GENEVA (15 March 2021) – Social media have become platforms for the spread of hate, prejudice and incitement to violence and atrocities against minorities, a UN expert told the Human Rights Council...

AFTERNOON 15 March 2021 The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with Fernand de Varennes, Special Rapporteur on minority issues, who echoed the words of the Secretary...

GENEVA (23 December 2020) – A UN human rights expert today called on Facebook’s Oversight Board to take the rights of ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities into account in reaching decisions...

I welcome the establishment of the Oversight Board as an ambitious initiative to examine the proper balance between the right to freedom of expression and online hate speech. I also note the...

19 November 2020 Chairperson, High Commissioner, Distinguished delegates and participants, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a great pleasure for me to open this thirteenth session of the Forum on Minority...

Geneva, 19-20 November 2020 Dear President of the Council, Dear Chair, Distinguished panellists, Delegates and participants, Let me begin by congratulating Chair Natalie Alkiviadou for her nomination...

GENEVA (17 November 2020) – The scourge of hate speech in social media targeting minorities, which has contributed to discrimination, hostility and violence around the world, will be the focus of the...

Français GENEVA / NEW YORK (7 October 2020) – Political leaders, in particular the candidates campaigning for the upcoming presidential election in Guinea, should refrain from invoking ethnic...