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Haiti: UN Human Rights Chief Alarmed By Widening Violence As Gangs Expand Reach

Sunday, 15 June 2025, 10:04 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

While law enforcement struggles to restore security, mob and self-defence groups are taking the matter into their own hands, leading to even more human rights abuses. More >>

Libya: Sites Of Gross Human Rights Violations Must Be Sealed And Impartially Investigated - Türk

Sunday, 8 June 2025, 10:43 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said he was troubled by reports that Libya’s forensic authorities mandated to exhume and identify human remains have yet to be granted access to excavatethe sites, and urged the authorities to grant full and ... More >>

Comment By UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk On U.S. Imposition Of Sanctions On ICC Judges

Sunday, 8 June 2025, 7:30 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Attacks against judges for performance of their judicial functions, at national or international levels, run directly counter to respect for the rule of law and the equal protection of the law - values for which the U.S. has long stood. More >>

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk: Climate Emergency Is A Clarion Call For A New Politics

Saturday, 7 June 2025, 8:09 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

The Tanner Lectures on Human Values are a beacon of learning, intellectual exchange, and diverse views – a microcosm of everything we value about a university education. More >>

Comment By UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Volker Türk On Attacks Around Aid Sites In Gaza

Thursday, 5 June 2025, 11:11 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Palestinians have been presented the grimmest of choices: die from starvation or risk being killed while trying to access the meagre food that is being made available through Israel’s militarized humanitarian assistance mechanism. More >>

Türk Appeals For End To Daily Killing And Destruction In Ukraine

Wednesday, 28 May 2025, 8:57 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

The High Commissioner highlighted that, even amid ongoing hostilities, people deprived of their liberty must be protected. More >>

Myanmar: UN Report Maps Pathway To Fulfil Aspirations For Peace, Inclusivity And Democracy

Tuesday, 27 May 2025, 10:55 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

“Ever since the military disrupted Myanmar’s democratic path in 2021, the country has endured an increasingly catastrophic human rights crisis marked by unabated violence and atrocities that have affected every single aspect of life,” said UN Human Rights ... More >>

Comment By UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Liz Throssell On Adoption Of Foreign Agents Law In El Salvador

Saturday, 24 May 2025, 5:33 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Geneva, 23 May 2025 We have serious concerns about the adoption of legislation in El Salvador that requires organisations and individuals in receipt of international donor funding to register as “foreign agents”. They will have to pay a 30 per ... More >>

Uganda: Türk Urges President To Reject Bill Allowing Trials Of Civilians In Military Courts

Saturday, 24 May 2025, 5:31 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

The Uganda People’s Defence Forces Amendment Bill 2025, which was passed on 20 May and now awaits presidential signature to become law, among others broadens the jurisdiction of military courts, authorising them to try a wide range of offences ... More >>

South Sudan: UN Human Rights Chief Decries Escalating Hostilities, Arbitrary Arrests And Hate Speech

Saturday, 24 May 2025, 5:30 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Hostilities between the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces (SSPDF) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army – In Opposition (SPLA-IO) and their respective allied armed groups, have left at least 75 civilians killed and 78 others injured, and displaced ... More >>

UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Volker Türk Concludes Official Visit To Montenegro

Thursday, 22 May 2025, 4:20 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

An open and inclusive dialogue is crucial, everywhere in the world, especially in a country like Montenegro, with its rich ethnic, religious, and linguistic diversity. More >>

UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Volker Türk Concludes Official Visit To Serbia

Thursday, 22 May 2025, 4:13 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

For more than six months, Serbia has been witnessing a wave of protests mainly led by students, calling for transparency and accountability for the tragic incident at Novi Sad’s railway station on 1 November of last year. More >>

Comment By UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Jeremy Laurence On The Maldives

Thursday, 22 May 2025, 10:31 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Concerns have been raised with respect to the conduct of the proceedings against the judges. These developments followed the Supreme Court's hearing of a legal challenge to recent Constitutional amendments affecting lawmakers' ability to cross party lines. More >>

Mali: Curbs To Political Rights Risk Further Deepening Human Rights Concerns

Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 11:12 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Reports indicate members of the Mali Armed Forces, allegedly accompanied by foreign military personnel commonly referred to either as “Wagner” or as “Africa Corps”, also killed dozens of people last month. More >>

Comment By UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Volker Türk On Syria

Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 11:03 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Every victim and affected community have the right to truth, justice and reparations, and the assurance that past violations and abuses will not be repeated. More >>

BRIEFING NOTES: (1) USA; (2) (EN/SP) Venezuela; (3) (EN/AR) Egypt

Thursday, 15 May 2025, 8:46 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

According to official US data, between 20 January and 29 April, 142,000 individuals have been deported from the US. In particular, the fate and whereabouts of at least 245 Venezuelans and some 30 Salvadorans removed to El Salvador remain unclear. More >>

UN Human Rights Chief Raises Human Rights Concerns About Deportations From The United States Of America

Wednesday, 14 May 2025, 9:43 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Many of them were reportedly been detained in the maximum-security “Centre for Terrorism Confinement” (CECOT) in El Salvador, a facility where detainees are treated particularly harshly, without access to legal counsel or their relatives, or other ... More >>

Türk Urges EU To Protect Landmark Legislation On Business And Human Rights

Friday, 9 May 2025, 7:47 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

An “omnibus” proposal currently being debated by the EU parliament and Council aims to amend key EU sustainability laws, including the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), a landmark piece of legislation passed last year. More >>

Comment By UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk On Israeli Plans To Expand Gaza Offensive

Thursday, 8 May 2025, 8:54 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

The only lasting solution to this crisis lies through full compliance with international law, including as articulated by the International Court of Justice in its 2024 Advisory Opinion and its orders on provisional measures. More >>

Message By UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Volker Türk For World Press Freedom Day

Saturday, 3 May 2025, 4:54 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

This year, World Press Freedom Day reminds us that restrictions on the media are increasing, as artificial intelligence is entirely overhauling how information is produced, distributed, and consumed. More >>

 

 
 
 
 
 

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