Statements

For more statements, please see all OHCHR statements relating to terrorism in the media centre.

High Commissioner

• Upholding Human Rights and Promoting Gender Responsiveness while Countering Terrorism in the Age of Transformative Technologies; Statement by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet
  29 June 2021
• Remarks by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights at the Virtual dialogue with human rights and civil society partners on the theme of “Building a Better Paradigm to Prevent and Counter Terrorism,”
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  25 May 2021
• Strengthening the protection and promotion of human rights and the rule of law at the heart of the Counter-Terrorism Compact, Statement by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
  28 August 2020
• Bachelet updates Human Rights Council on recent human rights issues in more than 50 countries
  26 February 2021
• High Commissioner Statement; Bachelet urges States to help their nationals stranded in Syrian camps
  22 June 2020
• UN Office of Counter-Terrorism Town Hall meeting, Statement by Michelle Bachelet
  8 May 2020
• Opening statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet with focus on the issue of foreign fighters
  24 June 2019

Secretary General

• Secretary-General's remarks at the Second High-Level Conference of Heads of Counter-Terrorism Agencies of Member States
  28 June 2021
• Remarks at the opening of the Virtual Counter-Terrorism Week United Nations
  6 July 2020
• Secretary-General Calls Cyberterrorism Using Social Media, Dark Web, ‘New Frontier’ in Security Council Ministerial Debate
  25 September 2019
• Remarks to the African Regional High-Level Conference on Counter Terrorism and Prevention of Violent Extremism Conducive to Terrorism
  10 July 2019
• Remarks to Group of Friends on Preventing Violent Extremism
  1 March 2019
• Opening remarks at High-level Conference on Counter-Terrorism
  28 June 2018
• Secretary-General’s speech at SOAS, University of London, on “Counter-terrorism and human rights
  16 November 2017