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Comment By UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Jeremy Laurence On Imminent Execution In Viet Nam
Friday, 11 August 2023, 7:31 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 11 August 2023 We are very concerned by reports about the imminent execution by Viet Nam of Nguyen Van Chuong amid serious allegations of torture and fair trial violations. We call on the authorities to immediately halt the execution, and to ... More >>
UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Volker Türk Concludes His Official Visit To Iraq
Friday, 11 August 2023, 8:07 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Baghdad, 9 August 2023 Masa Elkheir. Thank you all for coming. I have just concluded the first-ever visit by a UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to Iraq. I thank the Government of Iraq very much for its invitation, and for the extensive discussions ... More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk On Killing Of Presidential Candidate Fernando Villavicencio In Ecuador
Friday, 11 August 2023, 7:10 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
10 August 2023 I condemn the killing of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio and the injuring of a number of other people in this shocking criminal act. I note that an investigation has been opened. It is important to undertake promptly and ... More >>
Comment by UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on new sentence imposed on Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny
Saturday, 5 August 2023, 7:36 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
4 August 2023 The new sentence imposed today on opposition figure Alexei Navalny raises renewed serious concerns about judicial harassment and instrumentalization of the court system for political purposes in Russia. The 19-year sentence was based ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES: Bangladesh
Saturday, 5 August 2023, 7:31 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Jeremy Laurence Location: Geneva Date: 4 August 2023 Subject: Bangladesh As Bangladesh gears up for a general election in January next year, we urge all political parties, their supporters and ... More >>
Türk announces closure of UN Human Rights office in Uganda
Saturday, 5 August 2023, 7:30 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (4 August 2023) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today expressed deep regret at the closure of his office in Uganda, following the Government’s decision not to renew the Host Country Agreement. The office in Kampala will officially ... More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Marta Hurtado On Killings During Police Operations In Brazil
Friday, 4 August 2023, 6:48 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
We are deeply shocked by the high number of killings over the past week in Brazil, where at least 45 people were killed in different parts of the country during police operations allegedly aimed at combatting drug trafficking and organised crime. These ... More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Seif Magango On Executions In Kuwait And Singapore
Saturday, 29 July 2023, 6:00 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
28 July 2023 We deplore the multiple executions carried out this week in Kuwait and Singapore and oppose the death penalty under all circumstances. Five prisoners were executed in Kuwait and two in Singapore, including the first woman to be executed ... More >>
Ecuador: UN Human Rights Chief Concerned At Spike In Violence And Backward Step On Indigenous Peoples’ Rights
Friday, 28 July 2023, 6:05 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (27 July 2023) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Thursday expressed deep concern at the recent spike in violence, fuelled in part by gangs vying for control of the narcotics trade, raging gang violence inside and ... More >>
Guatemala: UN Human Rights Chief Concerned At Attempts To Undermine Electoral Process
Friday, 28 July 2023, 6:03 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (27 July 2023) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Thursday expressed deep concern at attempts to undermine the electoral process in Guatemala, which could result in the will of the voters not being respected. After ... More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk On Military Takeover In Niger
Friday, 28 July 2023, 6:00 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
27 July 2023 I am shocked and distressed by the attempted military takeover in Niger and condemn it in the strongest terms. All efforts must be undertaken to restore constitutional order and the rule of law. President Mohamed Bazoum must be immediately ... More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk On Recent Developments In Israel
Thursday, 27 July 2023, 8:28 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 27 July 2023 I have been closely following developments in Israel where Parliament this week adopted a new law limiting the judicial power of the Supreme Court and where, for several months, people from across society have been demonstrating ... More >>
Comment by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk after Ghana’s Parliament votes to abolish death penalty
Thursday, 27 July 2023, 6:57 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 26 July 2023 I warmly welcome the passing of a historic bill by Ghana’s Parliament on Tuesday to abolish the death penalty in the country. As I said during the Biennial High-Level Panel Discussion on the Question of the Death Penalty at ... More >>
Colombia: UN Human Rights Chief Appoints Antonia Urrejola As International Human Rights Expert
Thursday, 27 July 2023, 6:56 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (26 July 2023) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has appointed Antonia Urrejola as international human rights expert on obstacles to the implementation of the 2016 Peace Agreement, following a request from the UN Human Rights Council. ... More >>
One Year Later, Türk Decries Lack Of Accountability For Olenivka Killings
Wednesday, 26 July 2023, 6:30 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (25 July 2023) – A year after the tragic killing of at least 50 Ukrainian prisoners of war at the penal colony at Olenivka in the Donetsk region of Ukraine that is under the temporary military control of the Russian Federation, justice is ... More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Seif Magango On Jailing Of Human Rights Defender In Egypt
Thursday, 20 July 2023, 6:49 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 19 July 2023 The UN Human Rights Office is alarmed by the sentencing yesterday of Egyptian researcher and human rights defender Patrick George Zaki to three years in prison, on account of his peaceful expression of views. We urge his immediate ... More >>
UK Illegal Migration Bill: Profound Impact On Human Rights And International Refugee Protection System
Tuesday, 18 July 2023, 8:22 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (18 July 2023 ) – The Illegal Migration Bill, which has now been passed by Parliament in the United Kingdom, is at variance with the country’s obligations under international human rights and refugee law and will have profound consequences ... More >>
Comment by UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Jeremy Laurence on Kenya protests
Saturday, 15 July 2023, 5:38 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 14 July 2023 The UN Human Rights Office is very concerned by the widespread violence, and allegations of unnecessary or disproportionate use of force, including the use of firearms, by police during protests in Kenya. Reports say up to 23 people ... More >>
Sudan: At Least 87 Buried In Mass Grave In Darfur As Rapid Support Forces Deny Victims Decent Burials
Friday, 14 July 2023, 6:13 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (13 July 2023) – The bodies of at least 87 ethnic Masalit and others allegedly killed last month by Rapid Support Forces and their allied militia in West Darfur have been buried in a mass grave outside the region’s capital El-Geneina on the ... More >>
53rd Session Of The Human Rights Council: Türk Calls On States To Combat The Weaponization Of Religious Differences
Wednesday, 12 July 2023, 6:59 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
53rd session of the Human Rights Council Urgent debate on "the alarming rise in premeditated and public acts of religious hatred as manifested by recurrent desecration of the Holy Quran in some European and other countries" Statement by Volker ... More >>
