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Comment By UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani On Execution Of Five Prisoners In Gaza
Tuesday, 6 September 2022, 6:02 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
We condemn the execution of five prisoners in Gaza and urge the de facto authorities in Gaza to establish a moratorium on all executions. We call on the State of Palestine to take robust measures to abolish the death penalty in all its territory. The five ... More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani On Novaya Gazeta
Tuesday, 6 September 2022, 5:46 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 5 September 2022 We are deeply concerned by the court’s decision in Moscow to revoke the licence of Novaya Gazeta, a respected national newspaper whose editor-in-chief received the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. The court found that the newspaper had repeatedly ... More >>
Bachelet Deplores Israel’s Failure To Grant Visas For UN Human Rights Staff In The Occupied Palestinian Territory
Tuesday, 30 August 2022, 7:46 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (30 August 2022) – Israel’s refusal to issue or renew visas for UN Human Rights staff in the occupied Palestinian territory will not prevent the Office from continuing to monitor and report on the human rights situation on the ground, UN ... More >>
Opening Remarks At UN Human Rights Chief Michelle Bachelet’s Press Conference In Geneva
Thursday, 25 August 2022, 7:43 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 25 August 2022 Good morning. Thank you all for joining us today – in the room and online. As you know, after four years as the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, my mandate ends next week, on 31 August. The world has changed fundamentally ... More >>
Briefing Notes: Ukraine
Wednesday, 24 August 2022, 5:49 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
We are concerned by reports that the Russian Federation and affiliated armed groups in Donetsk are planning - possibly in the coming days - to try Ukrainian prisoners of war in what is being labelled an ‘international tribunal’ in Mariupol. While ... More >>
Comment By UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Michelle Bachelet On Repeal Of Singapore Law Banning Sex Between Men
Tuesday, 23 August 2022, 5:52 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 22 August 2022 I welcome the announcement by the Prime Minister of Singapore to repeal Section 377A of the Penal Code which criminalises consensual sexual conduct between men. This colonial era law has more broadly impacted and stigmatised the ... More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Spokesperson Liz Throssell After Saudi Woman Jailed For 34 Years
Saturday, 20 August 2022, 6:23 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 19 August 2022 We are appalled by the sentencing of Saudi doctoral student Salma Al-Shehab to 34 years in jail followed by a 34-year travel ban in connection with a series of tweets and retweets on political and human rights issues in Saudi More >>
UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Michelle Bachelet Concludes Her Official Visit To Bangladesh
Thursday, 18 August 2022, 6:05 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Dhaka, 17 August 2022 Good evening and thank you all for coming. I would like to begin by warmly thanking the Government of Bangladesh for its invitation, the first time a High Commissioner for Human Rights has visited the country. I hope my visit ... More >>
Comment By UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Michelle Bachelet On Protest Deaths In Sierra Leone
Friday, 12 August 2022, 6:18 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 11 August 2022 I am alarmed by reports of several casualties and fatalities yesterday in Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown during public protests. I call on the Government of Sierra Leone to hold prompt, impartial and thorough investigations ... More >>
Bachelet Alarmed By Number Of Palestinian Children Killed In Latest Escalation, Urges Accountability
Friday, 12 August 2022, 6:08 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (11 August 2022) – UN Human Rights Chief Michelle Bachelet today expressed alarm at the high number of Palestinians, including children, killed and injured in the occupied Palestinian territory this year, including in intense hostilities ... More >>
Increasing Attacks On Cambodia’s Media Are A Threat To Democracy – UN Human Rights Report
Thursday, 4 August 2022, 6:05 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (3 August 2022) – Journalists in Cambodia are increasingly being subjected to various forms of harassment and pressure, as well as violence, a report published by the UN Human Rights Office said today, amid growing restrictions on civic space ... More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Liz Throssell On Executions In Singapore
Wednesday, 3 August 2022, 6:13 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 2 August 2022 We deplore the hanging today of two men in Singapore and are deeply troubled by the planned execution of two others on 5 August. The two, a Malaysian and a Singaporean, were hanged at Changi Prison this morning after they were convicted ... More >>
Bachelet Calls For Urgent Action To Realize Human Right To Healthy Environment Following Recognition By UNGA
Friday, 29 July 2022, 7:05 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA/NEW YORK (28 July 2022) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet hailed today’s recognition of the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment by the UN General Assembly and called for urgent action to ... More >>
Colombia: Urgent Government Action Needed As Rising Violence In Rural Areas Gravely Impacts Human Rights – UN Report
Wednesday, 27 July 2022, 6:04 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (26 July 2022) – The rising levels of violence perpetrated by non-State armed groups and criminal organizations in rural areas of Colombia are having a devastating impact, particularly on women and children, indigenous peoples, Afro-descendants, ... More >>
Myanmar: Bachelet Condemns Executions, Calls For Release Of All Political Prisoners
Tuesday, 26 July 2022, 6:28 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (25 July 2022) – UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet today condemned in the strongest terms the execution of four democracy activists by Myanmar’s military despite repeated calls by the United Nations and the wider international community ... More >>
CAR: UN Reports Detail Serious Violations, Some Possibly Amounting To War Crimes And Crimes Against Humanity
Tuesday, 26 July 2022, 6:25 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (25 July 2022) - The UN Human Rights Office today issued two reports on extremely disturbing events recently occurring in the Central African Republic (CAR). One details a brutal, organised attack on a village by a pro-Government militia, while the second ... More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Jeremy Laurence On Raid On Sri Lanka Protest Camp
Saturday, 23 July 2022, 7:20 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
22 July 2022 We are alarmed by the unnecessary use of force reportedly employed by Sri Lanka’s security forces to break up a protest camp near presidential offices in Colombo – only hours before the protesters indicated that it was due to be dismantled. ... More >>
UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Michelle Bachelet Concludes Her Official Visit To Peru (18-20 July)
Friday, 22 July 2022, 6:56 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Lima, 20 July 2022 Good morning and thank you for coming. I would like to begin by thanking the Government of Peru for its invitation. This visit has allowed me to better understand both the human rights advances and the challenges faced by the ... More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Jeremy Laurence On Haiti Gang Violence And Rise In Human Rights Abuses
Sunday, 17 July 2022, 5:50 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 16 July 2022 We are deeply concerned by the worsening of violence in Port-au-Prince and the rise in human rights abuses committed by heavily armed gangs against the local population. We urge the authorities to ensure that all human rights are protected ... More >>
Briefing Notes: Sri Lanka
Saturday, 9 July 2022, 1:23 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 8 July 2022 Subject: Sri Lanka Ahead of what is expected to be a large demonstration in Colombo on Saturday, 9 July, we urge Sri Lankan authorities to show ... More >>
