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Update On Joint UN And Ethiopian Human Rights Commission Investigation On Tigray
Friday, 10 September 2021, 7:00 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA/ADDIS ABABA (10 September 2021) – The joint investigation by the UN Human Rights Office and the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) into alleged violations of human rights, humanitarian and refugee law committed by all parties to the conflict ... More >>
UN Fact-Finding Mission On Libya Concludes First Visit To Libya
Saturday, 28 August 2021, 5:52 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA / TRIPOLI (27 August 2021) – The Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya concluded on Thursday 26 August a 4-day visit to Tripoli during which they had high-level talks with Libyan governmental and judicial authorities regarding the situation of ... More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Spokesperson Marta Hurtado On Malawi’s Death Penalty Reinstatement
Friday, 27 August 2021, 6:54 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (26 August 2021) - “We are very concerned with the implications of the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal's decision to recharacterize its April judgement, which had been widely understood to abolish the death penalty. The recent decision, ... More >>
Afghanistan / UN Human Rights Chief Michelle Bachelet's Address To Special Session Of UN Human Rights Council
Wednesday, 25 August 2021, 5:57 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
24 August 2021 Madam President, Excellencies, Colleagues and friends, At this critical moment, the people of Afghanistan look to the Human Rights Council to defend and protect their rights. The need to prevent the commission of human rights abuses of ... More >>
Human Rights Must Be At Heart Of UN Plan To Save Planet – Expert
Friday, 20 August 2021, 5:53 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (19 August 2021) – The UN’s draft plan to preserve and protect nature must be amended to put human rights at its centre if we are to ensure the future of life on our planet, David Boyd, UN special rapporteur on human rights and environment, ... More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Spokesperson Liz Throssell On Report Into Bolivia’s Post-electoral Crisis In 2019
Friday, 20 August 2021, 5:31 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (19 August 2021) – We welcome this week’s report by the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI )* that concluded that serious human rights violations, including systematic torture, summary executions and sexual and gender-based violence, ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES - (1) Afghanistan (2) WeThe15 Global Disability Rights Campaign
Wednesday, 18 August 2021, 6:19 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Location: Geneva Date: 17 August 2021 Subjects: (1) Afghanistan (2) #WeThe15 global disability rights campaign (1) Afghanistan: The desperate scenes at Kabul airport yesterday underlined the gravity of the situation after the Taliban seized all the ... More >>
UN Human Rights Chief Urges Action To Prevent Calamitous Consequences For The People Of Afghanistan
Tuesday, 10 August 2021, 7:40 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (10 August 2021) – Failure to stem the rising violence and commission of human rights violations and abuses is having disastrous consequences for the people of Afghanistan, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet warned on ... More >>
Syria: Bachelet Raises Alarm At Plight Of Civilians In Daraa Amid Ongoing Hostilities
Friday, 6 August 2021, 5:50 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (5 August 2021) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Thursday sounded the alarm at the plight of civilians in and around the southern Syrian city of Daraa, where neighbourhoods are seeing intense fighting and indiscriminate ... More >>
Central African Republic: UN Report Calls For Urgent End To Mounting Human Rights Abuses And Violations
Thursday, 5 August 2021, 6:55 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA / BANGUI (4 August 2021) – A UN report published today details the dire and worsening human rights situation over the past year in the Central African Republic (CAR), where armed groups carried out a violent bid to disrupt elections. In response, ... More >>
Iraq: Implementation Of Laws Key To Ending Torture And Building Public Trust In Justice System - UN
Wednesday, 4 August 2021, 6:17 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (3 August 2021) – Iraq’s legal framework to prevent ill-treatment, developed over several years, now needs to be translated into effective measures to tackle torture in detention centres and prevent further violations, a UN report published ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES - (1) Iraq; (2) Lebanon
Wednesday, 4 August 2021, 5:53 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Marta Hurtado Location: Geneva Date: 3 August 2021 Subject: (1) Iraq (2) Lebanon 1) Iraq Iraq’s legal framework to prevent ill-treatment, developed over several years, now needs to be translated ... More >>
Bachelet Urges Iran To Focus On Addressing Water Crisis In Khuzestan Rather Than Crushing Protests
Saturday, 24 July 2021, 1:47 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (23 July 2021) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Friday called on the Iranian authorities to concentrate on taking urgent action to address the chronic water shortage in the province of Khuzestan, rather than using ... More >>
Use Of Spyware To Surveil Journalists And Human Rights Defenders - Statement By UN High Commissioner For Human Rights
Tuesday, 20 July 2021, 6:05 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 19 July 2021 “Revelations regarding the apparent widespread use of the Pegasus software to spy on journalists, human rights defenders, politicians and others in a variety of countries are extremely alarming, and seem to confirm some of the ... More >>
Cuba: Bachelet Urges Dialogue, Calls For Release Of Detained Protesters
Friday, 16 July 2021, 8:04 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (16 July 2021) – With numerous protesters reportedly detained in Cuba since Sunday, including some held incommunicado, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Friday called for the prompt release of all those who have been ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES - (1) India; (2) Eswatini
Wednesday, 7 July 2021, 6:53 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Liz Throssell Location: Geneva Date: 6 July 2021 Subject: (1) India (2) Eswatini 1) India We are deeply saddened and disturbed by the death of 84-year-old Father Stan Swamy, a human rights defender ... More >>
Bachelet Urges Palestinian Authorities To Ensure The Safety Of Protesters Ahead Of Planned Demonstrations In Ramallah
Saturday, 3 July 2021, 5:32 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (1 July 2021) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Thursday urged the Government of the State of Palestine to ensure the safety of protesters ahead of further demonstrations planned for Saturday in Ramallah, following ... More >>
Mali: Rampant Impunity For Human Rights Violations Poses Grave Risk For Protection Of Civilians– Bachelet
Thursday, 1 July 2021, 6:22 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva (29 June 2021) – The rise in human rights violations and abuses in Mali since last August is deeply concerning, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said on Tuesday. There have been repeated attacks over the last six months ... More >>
Haiti: Inhumane Prison Conditions Demand Urgent Action – Bachelet
Thursday, 1 July 2021, 5:31 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (30 June 2021) – Prisoners in Haiti often spend years in inhumane conditions subjected to ill-treatment and torture and in many cases while still awaiting trial, according to a new UN report published on Wednesday. The report *, by the UN Integrated ... More >>
UN Human Rights Chief Urges Immediate, Transformative Action To Uproot Systemic Racism
Tuesday, 29 June 2021, 6:38 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (28 June 2021) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Monday issued an urgent call for States to adopt a “transformative agenda” to uproot systemic racism, as she published a report casting a spotlight on the litany ... More >>
