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Ethiopia: UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk Warns Of Devastating Impact Of Continued Hostilities On Civilians
Wednesday, 19 October 2022, 6:27 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (18 October 2022) – The latest alarming airstrikes on the Tigray region risk seriously exacerbating the already devastating impact of hostilities on civilians, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk warned today. “Since 31 August ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES: (1) Ethiopia; (2) Iran
Wednesday, 19 October 2022, 5:53 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 18 October 2022 Subject: (1) Ethiopia (2) Iran 1) Ethiopia The latest alarming airstrikes on the Tigray region risk seriously exacerbating the already ... More >>
Haiti: Gangs Use Sexual Violence To Instill Fear – UN Report
Saturday, 15 October 2022, 7:03 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
PORT-AU-PRINCE/GENEVA (14 October 2022) - Children as young as 10 and elderly women have been subjected to sexual violence – including collective rapes for hours in front of their parents or children by more than half a dozen armed elements – amid ... More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Marta Hurtado On Türkiye
Saturday, 15 October 2022, 6:10 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 14 October 2022 “We are concerned by the adoption on Thursday in Türkiye’s Parliament of a package of amendments to various laws that risk substantially curtailing freedom of expression in the country. One of these amendments is a revision of the ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES: (1) Ukraine (2) Libya (3) China/Hong Kong SAR
Wednesday, 12 October 2022, 5:29 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 11 October 2022 Subject: (1) Ukraine; (2) Libya; (3) China/Hong Kong SAR 1) ... More >>
Libya: UN Human Rights Report Details Violations Of Migrants’ Rights Amid ‘Assisted Return’ Programmes
Wednesday, 12 October 2022, 5:24 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (11 October 2022) – Widespread and systematic human rights violations and abuses against migrants in Libya are compounded by the lack of pathways to protection within and outside the country – meaning migrants are often compelled to accept ... More >>
Torture And Impunity Widespread In DRC's Conflict Areas – UN Report
Thursday, 6 October 2022, 5:17 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (5 October 2022) – The vast majority of cases of torture in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) occur in conflict-affected areas where impunity is widespread, according to a UN report released today. The report, issued by the UN Joint Human ... More >>
UN Report Records Piecemeal Progress In Combating Systemic Racism Against People Of African Descent
Saturday, 1 October 2022, 5:21 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
UN report records piecemeal progress in combating systemic racism against people of African descent, insists on urgent need for transformative change GENEVA (30 September 2022) – Activism led by people of African descent, joined by many others, has resulted ... More >>
Report Details Disturbing Trends As Reprisals Continue Against People Cooperating With The UN
Friday, 30 September 2022, 7:11 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA / NEW YORK (29 September 2022) – People in 42 countries* across the world faced reprisals and intimidation for cooperating with the UN on human rights, a new report says, highlighting a number of disturbing trends over the past year. The annual ... More >>
Acting UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Welcomes Opening Of Trial For Massacre In Guinea 13 Years Ago
Thursday, 29 September 2022, 6:39 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (28 September 2022) – Acting UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada Al-Nashif today welcomed the opening of the trial in relation to serious human rights violations committed during the events of 28 September 2009 in Guinea. On that day, ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES: (1) Iran; (2) Russia
Wednesday, 28 September 2022, 6:39 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 27 September 2022 Subject: (1) Iran (2) Russia 1) Iran We are very concerned by the continued violent response by security forces to protests in Iran, as well ... More >>
Comment By Acting UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Nada Al-Nashif After Equatorial Guinea Abolishes Death Penalty
Wednesday, 21 September 2022, 6:01 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 20 September 2022 I welcome the adoption of a new penal code in Equatorial Guinea abolishing the death penalty. The death penalty is incompatible with fundamental tenets of human rights and dignity. With the signing of the new penal code by the ... More >>
Mahsa Amini: Acting UN Human Rights Chief Urges Impartial Probe Into Death In Iran
Wednesday, 21 September 2022, 5:52 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (20 September 2022) – Acting UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada Al-Nashif today expressed alarm at the death in custody of Mahsa Amini - detained by Iran’s “morality police” enforcing strict hijab rules - and the violent ... More >>
UN Report Calls For Urgent Action To Halt Access To Revenue And Arms Supplies By Myanmar Military
Saturday, 17 September 2022, 5:32 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (16 September 2022) – States must do more to cut the Myanmar military’s access to revenue and arms supplies to halt its repression of the people, a report released today by the UN Human Rights Office said. The report was requested by the ... More >>
Spyware And Surveillance: Threats To Privacy And Human Rights Growing, UN Report Warns
Friday, 16 September 2022, 7:11 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (16 September 2022) – People’s right to privacy is coming under ever greater pressure from the use of modern networked digital technologies whose features make them formidable tools for surveillance, control and oppression, a new UN report ... More >>
The Philippines: UN Human Rights Report Looks To New Administration For Progress On Accountability And Reforms
Wednesday, 14 September 2022, 5:53 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (13 Sept 2022) – Amid continuing reports of human rights violations and abuses in the Philippines, including in the context of anti-drug operations, victims still face challenges in seeking justice, a UN report published today finds. In the ... More >>
51st Session Of The Human Rights Council | Statement By Nada Al- Nashif UN Acting High Commissioner For Human Rights
Monday, 12 September 2022, 7:59 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
12 September 2022 Distinguished President, Excellencies, Colleagues and friends, It is an honour to address you today. First, on behalf of the UN Human Rights Office, allow me to extend our warmest welcome to Under-Secretary-General Volker Türk, whose ... More >>
Mexico: Transfer Of National Guard To Defence Ministry A Setback To Public Security Grounded In Human Rights
Saturday, 10 September 2022, 5:26 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (9 September 2022) – Acting UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada Al-Nashif today expressed concern at the decision by Mexico’s Congress to give control of the National Guard to the Ministry of National Defence. On 9 September, ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES: Ukraine
Saturday, 10 September 2022, 5:18 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine: Matilda Bogner Location: from Ukraine (via zoom) Date: 09 September 2022 Subject: Ukraine Good morning, Today I am joining you from Odesa – a ... More >>
Sri Lanka At Critical Juncture: UN Report Urges Progress On Accountability, Institutional And Security Sector Reforms
Wednesday, 7 September 2022, 5:50 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (6 Sept 2022) – Sri Lanka’s new Government should embark on a national dialogue to advance human rights and reconciliation, a UN report urges today, calling for accountability and deeper institutional reforms to prevent a recurrence of past ... More >>
