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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 >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk On Serious Escalation Of Violence In Syria
Monday, 10 March 2025, 10:37 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
These events, as well as the continuous spike in hate speech both online and offline, illustrate once again the urgent need for a comprehensive transitional justice process that is nationally-owned, inclusive, and centred on truth, justice and accountability. More >>
Sudan: UN Report Details Rampant Abuse Of Detainees Amid Ongoing Conflict
Sunday, 9 March 2025, 11:04 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Tens of thousands of people, including women and children, have been held without charge, with limited or even no contact with their families, in squalid and overcrowded facilities, since the conflict broke out in April 2023. More >>
Central African Republic: UN Report Calls For Accountability For Attacks By Armed Groups Active In Haut Oubangui
Thursday, 6 March 2025, 10:23 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
The attacks were directed and coordinated by elements of Wagner Ti Azandé (WTA), an armed group with ties to the national army. WTA was originally to another armed group called Azandé Ani Kpi Gbé (Azanikpigbe), whose members were also involved ... More >>
UN Report Urges Transformation Of ‘Unsustainable’ Care And Support Systems
Thursday, 6 March 2025, 9:48 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
The 2024 UN Gender Snapshot shows that, globally, women spend 2.5 more hours per day than men on unpaid care and domestic work. This situation leads to women having fewer paid work hours, which in turn results in lower income and savings, thereby ... More >>
Arms Transfers Are Not A Human Rights-Free Zone - UN Report
Thursday, 6 March 2025, 11:53 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
The report details challenges related to corruption and conflicts of interest in the arms sector, as well as gaps between what States and the private sector should do - and what they do in practice - to prevent, address and mitigate the negative ... More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani After Patients Abducted From Hospitals In DRC
Wednesday, 5 March 2025, 6:50 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Fighters of the Rwandan-backed group raided CBCA Ndosho Hospital and Heal Africa Hospital in the night of 28 February, taking 116 patients from CBCA Hospital and 15 others from Heal Africa, on allegations of being DRC army soldiers or members ... More >>
High Commissioner Türk Decries “Litany Of Human Suffering” In Myanmar
Saturday, 1 March 2025, 5:31 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Conflict, displacement and economic collapse have combined to cause pain and misery across the country. Civilians are paying a terrible price. The number killed in violence in 2024 was the highest since the military launched their coup in 2021. More >>
Sudan Is A Powder Keg, High Commissioner Türk Warns Human Rights Council
Friday, 28 February 2025, 9:27 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
More than six hundred thousand people are on the brink of starvation. Famine is reported to have taken hold in five areas, including Zamzam displacement camp in North Darfur, where the World Food Programme has just been forced to suspend its lifesaving operations ... More >>
HC Türk On OPT: Any Plans For A Better Future Must Deal With The Past, So Accountability Is Crucial
Friday, 28 February 2025, 9:20 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
At this tenuous moment, the world must ask itself how to resolve this decades old conflict and stop the cycle of violence. Any plans for a better future must deal with the past, so accountability and justice for violations are crucial. More >>
