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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 >>
BRIEFING NOTES: (1) Honduras
Saturday, 8 July 2023, 5:41 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Marta Hurtado Location: Geneva Date: 7 July 2023 Subject: (1) Honduras We are very concerned by the militarization of public security in Honduras. On 5 July, the Government extended, for an additional ... More >>
53rd Session of the Human Rights Council Interactive dialogue on Myanmar
Friday, 7 July 2023, 6:49 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Statement by Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Geneva, 6 July 2023 Mr. Vice President, Excellencies, Distinguished colleagues, This Council has heard report after report on the human rights situation in Myanmar. With each successive ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES: (1) Myanmar; (2) Update Of Database Of Business Enterprises In Relation To OPT; (3) France
Saturday, 1 July 2023, 6:39 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 30 June 2023 Subject: (1) Myanmar (2) Update of database of business enterprises in relation to Occupied Palestinian Territory (3) France 1) Myanmar Myanmar’s ... More >>
UN Human Rights Chief Calls For Equal And Meaningful Participation Of Women In Public And Political Life
Thursday, 15 June 2023, 9:23 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Gender-based biases in public and political life against women remain deeply entrenched globally, and urgent action is needed to accelerate progress towards full participation of women. “Patriarchy must be a thing of the past. Our future depends on women ... More >>
UN Human Rights Chief Urges UK To Reverse ‘Deeply Troubling’ Public Order Act
Friday, 28 April 2023, 5:45 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (27 April 2023) - The Public Order Bill, which has now been passed by Parliament in the United Kingdom, is deeply troubling legislation that is incompatible with the UK’s international human rights obligations regarding people’s rights to ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES: (1) Singapore
Wednesday, 26 April 2023, 5:28 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 25 April 2023 Subject: Singapore There are reports that Singapore is poised to conduct a further execution, the 12th since March 2022. The UN High Commissioner ... More >>
