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Comment By UN High Commissioner For Human Rights On US Supreme Court Ruling On Dobbs V Jackson Women’s Health Org
Monday, 27 June 2022, 6:57 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
24 June 2022 The US Supreme Court ruling on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization delivered today represents a major setback after five decades of protection for sexual and reproductive health and rights in the US through Roe v Wade. It is a huge blow ... More >>
UN High Commissioner For Human Rights M Bachelet Concludes Her Official Visit To Bosnia & Herzegovina (21-24 June 2022)
Monday, 27 June 2022, 6:40 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Good afternoon to you all and thank you for coming. Let me first express my sincere gratitude to the Government for hosting my official visit. We have been following the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina very closely. This visit has provided an ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES: (1) OPT; (2) Kyrgyzstan
Monday, 27 June 2022, 6:21 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 24 June 2022 Subject: (1) OPT; (2) Kyrgyzstan 1) OPT More than six weeks after the killing of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and injury of her colleague Ali ... More >>
Internet Shutdowns: UN Report Details ‘Dramatic’ Impact On People’s Lives And Human Rights
Friday, 24 June 2022, 6:21 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (23 June 2022) - The dramatic real-life effects of Internet shutdowns on people’s lives and human rights have been vastly underestimated, the UN Human Rights Office warns in a new report issued today. The report urges States not to impose ... More >>
Bachelet Urges Prompt Investigation Into Killings In Western Ethiopia
Friday, 24 June 2022, 6:01 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (23 June 2022) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Thursday urged Ethiopian authorities to hold prompt, impartial and thorough investigations into attacks that led to the killing of hundreds of people in the West Wollega zone, ... More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson R Shamdasani As 8 Prisoners At Serious Risk Of Finger Amputation In Iran
Thursday, 23 June 2022, 5:58 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 22 June 2022 We are deeply concerned by the likely imminent amputation of the fingers of eight men convicted of burglary in Iran and urge the Iranian authorities to call off the planned amputations. We also call on Iran to urgently revise its ... More >>
Ukraine: Bachelet Briefs Human Rights Council On Mariupol
Friday, 17 June 2022, 5:41 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
50th Session of the Human Rights Council | Oral update on Mariupol |Statement by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 16 June 2022 Distinguished President, Excellencies, Further to Human Rights Council resolution S-34/1 adopted ... More >>
Bachelet Briefs Human Rights Council On Nicaragua
Friday, 17 June 2022, 5:36 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
50th Session of the Human Rights Council | Oral update on the situation of human rights in Nicaragua | Statement by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet 16 June 2022 Distinguished President, Excellencies, I am pleased ... More >>
50th Session Of The Human Rights Council Statement By M Bachelet, UN High Commissioner For Human Rights On Afghanistan
Thursday, 16 June 2022, 6:23 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Thank you Mr. Vice-President, Excellencies, The people of Afghanistan are experiencing some of the darkest moments of a generation. In the wake of years of conflict, and since the takeover by the Taliban in August last year, the country has been plunged ... More >>
Oral Update On Myanmar: Statement By Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner For Human Rights | 14 June 2022
Wednesday, 15 June 2022, 5:18 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Distinguished Vice-President, Excellencies, Since my last update to this Council in February this year, the human rights situation in Myanmar has continued to rapidly decline. Still suffering from the devastating consequences of the February 2021 military ... More >>
UN High Commissioner's Oral Update On Global Human Rights Developments To The 50th Human Rights Council Session
Tuesday, 14 June 2022, 5:48 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Distinguished President, Excellencies, Colleagues and friends, It is an honour to address you today, in what continue to be challenging times for the promotion and protection of human rights. Since we last gathered, the war in Ukraine continues ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES: (1) Bangladesh (2) Brazil
Saturday, 11 June 2022, 5:39 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 10 June 2022 Subject: (1) Bangladesh (2) Brazil 1) Bangladesh We are concerned by the Government of Bangladesh’s decision not to approve the renewal ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES: (EN/AR) - Yemen
Saturday, 4 June 2022, 5:53 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Liz Throssell Location: Geneva Date: 3 June 2022 Subject: Yemen We have frequently briefed about the devastating impact that Yemen’s armed conflict, ... More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson On Human Rights Concerns Ahead Of Local Elections In Cambodia On Sunday
Friday, 3 June 2022, 6:10 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 2 June 2022 We are disturbed by the pattern of threats, intimidation and obstruction targeting opposition candidates ahead of communal elections in Cambodia on 5 June. Candidates have faced numerous restrictions and reprisals that have hindered ... More >>
Comment By UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Michelle Bachelet On Adoption Of Law Abolishing Death Penalty In CAR
Thursday, 2 June 2022, 6:23 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (1 June 2022) - I commend the adoption of a law in the Central African Republic abolishing the death penalty and encourage President Faustin-Archange Touadéra to promulgate it. The death penalty is incompatible with fundamental tenets of human ... More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Seif Magango After Guinean Authorities Banned Public Demonstrations
Tuesday, 31 May 2022, 5:45 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA/NAIROBI (30 May 2022) – We call on the Guinean transitional authorities to revoke the ban they have imposed on public demonstrations. On 13 May 2022, the ruling National Rallying Committee for Development issued a statement in which it ... More >>
UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Michelle Bachelet’s Official Visit To China
Sunday, 29 May 2022, 5:21 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Guangzhou, 28 May 2022 Good evening and thank you all for joining me here today. This press conference has to be virtual, given the COVID-19 restrictions in place. But I hope this means that those of you who may otherwise not have been able ... More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Seif Magango On Zambia’s Pledge To Abolish The Death Penalty
Saturday, 28 May 2022, 6:13 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
We warmly welcome the Zambian President’s pledge on 24 May to abolish the death penalty in the country and work with Parliament to end this cruel, inhuman, and degrading punishment. Use of the death penalty is incompatible with fundamental human rights ... More >>
UN Human Rights Chief Michelle Bachelet To Conduct Official Visit To China, 23-28 May 2022
Saturday, 21 May 2022, 1:32 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (20 May 2022) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Monday begins a six-day official mission to China, at the invitation of the Government. This is the first country visit by a UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to China ... More >>
Comment By UN High Commissioner For Human Rights On The Dissolution Of Afghanistan’s Independent Human Rights Commission
Friday, 20 May 2022, 6:30 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 19 May 2022 I am dismayed at the reported decision of the Taliban to dissolve the country’s Independent Human Rights Commission. The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission performed extraordinary work in extremely difficult conditions ... More >>
