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BRIEFING NOTES: (1) (EN/AR) Occupied Palestinian Territory; (2) Sudan
Friday, 18 April 2025, 2:29 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Since 18 March, Israel Has Issued 21 “evacuation Orders”. On 31 March, The Israeli Military Issued An Order Covering Almost All Of Rafah, The Southern-most Governorate, Followed By A Large-scale Ground Operation In The Area. More >>
Sudan: Türk Decries Catastrophic Cost Of Inaction As Conflict Approaches Third Year
Friday, 18 April 2025, 2:17 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
"As hostilities have expanded in reach and intensity over the past year, the lives and hopes of so many Sudanese have been uprooted and caught in a mire of death, deprivation and suffering,” said Türk. More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk After Hundreds Killed In RSF Attacks In Sudan’s North Darfur
Friday, 18 April 2025, 11:11 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
The RSF has an obligation under international humanitarian law to ensure the protection of civilians, including from ethnically motivated attacks, and to enable the safe passage of civilians out of the city. More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Liz Throssell On Impact Of International Cooperation Law On NGOs In Peru
Friday, 18 April 2025, 8:30 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk calls on the Peruvian Government to respect its obligations under international law and to provide and protect an enabling environment in which civil society can play its essential role. More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk On Progress On Pandemic Agreement
Friday, 18 April 2025, 7:50 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
While compromises were made to reach this draft agreement, it contains some encouraging elements to lay the ground for a more inclusive and just approach to pandemic prevention. I encourage States to ensure these are now translated into concrete action. More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani On Continued Attacks In Myanmar Amid Rescue Efforts
Saturday, 12 April 2025, 6:18 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk calls on the military to remove any and all obstacles to the delivery of humanitarian assistance and to cease military operations. More >>
Türk Denounces Russian Attack Which Leaves Nine Children Dead In Ukraine
Monday, 7 April 2025, 8:40 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
UN Human Rights documented damage from hundreds of pieces of shrapnel to buildings, playground swings and slides, trees, and on the ground. More >>
United Nations High Commissioner For Human Rights, Volker Türk Statement To The UN Security Council
Saturday, 5 April 2025, 9:46 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
The Israeli military continues to strike camps for people who have been displaced numerous times, who have nowhere safe to go. More >>
Myanmar: Military Actions Compound Dire Humanitarian Situation In Aftermath Of Deadly Earthquake
Saturday, 5 April 2025, 9:29 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
In the days following the deadly earthquake that tore through central Myanmar last week, the Myanmar military continued operations and attacks, including airstrikes – some of which were launched shortly after tremors subsided, according to reports ... More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk On The Killing Of Gaza Humanitarian Workers By Israeli Army
Wednesday, 2 April 2025, 7:57 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Israel, as the occupying power, has the responsibility of protecting civilians and facilitating their access to basic lifesaving services, including healthcare. More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Seif Magango On Pardoning Of Guinean Former President
Wednesday, 2 April 2025, 12:13 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Former Guinea President Moussa Dadis Camara was convicted last year of crimes against humanity for the killing by security forces of over 150 people at an opposition rally at a stadium in the capital Conakry in September 2009. More >>
HC Türk: Ukraine Needs Peace Based On Human Rights
Monday, 31 March 2025, 8:35 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, our office has verified that more than 12,700 civilians have been killed and more than 30,000 have been injured. Again, the actual figures are almost certainly much higher. More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan On The Forced Displacement Of Palestinians In Gaza
Monday, 31 March 2025, 8:30 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
We call on all parties to reach a permanent ceasefire as soon as possible. Israel must immediately end its blockade of humanitarian assistance and refrain from any acts amounting to forcible transfer of Gaza’s population. More >>
HC Türk: "The Illicit Flow Of Arms Into Haiti Must Stop"
Sunday, 30 March 2025, 9:30 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Gangs are spreading into what were once gang-free areas in Port-au-Prince and its outskirts and are capturing key territory and infrastructure. Gangs have united to launch coordinated attacks, armed with powerful weapons and in some cases outnumbering ... More >>
Niger: Türk Says Egregious Mosque Attack Should Be Wake-Up Call
Wednesday, 26 March 2025, 9:45 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
The attack, in Kokorou village, in the Tillaberi region, came in the context of a general deterioration in the security situation in the wider Sahel region. More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Spokesperson Liz Throssell On Hungary’s New Anti-LGBTIQ+ Law
Monday, 24 March 2025, 7:45 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk also urges them to combat the high levels of intolerance, discrimination, bullying and harassment related to sexual orientation and gender identity, faced by children in particular, in line with Hungary’s international ... More >>
UN Report Details Devastating Impact Of Hostilities On Children In Ukraine
Monday, 24 March 2025, 7:43 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Between 24 February 2022 and 31 December 2024, the UN Human Rights Office verified that 669 children were killed and 1,833 injured, many as a result of the extensive use of explosive weapons in populated areas. More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Liz Throssell On Discovery Of Human Remains On Ranch In Mexico
Tuesday, 18 March 2025, 12:01 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
The clandestine camp, on a ranch in the state of Jalisco, was reportedly used by the “Jalisco New Generation Cartel” in the state to train young people who were forcibly recruited into this organisation with false job offers. More >>
BRIEFING NOTES: Syria: Distressing Scale Of Violence In Coastal Areas
Thursday, 13 March 2025, 9:22 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
The UN Human Rights Office has so far documented the killing of 111 civilians, but the process of verification is ongoing, and the actual number of people killed is believed to be significantly higher. More >>
Philippines: Türk Says Arrest Of Former President Duterte Is Important Step Toward Accountability
Thursday, 13 March 2025, 9:57 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
A report by the UN Human Rights Office in 2020 found there were credible allegations of widespread and systematic extrajudicial killings in the context of the campaign against illegal drugs, and that there had been near impunity for such violations. More >>
