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50th Session Of The Human Rights Council Statement By M Bachelet, UN High Commissioner For Human Rights On Afghanistan
Thursday, 16 June 2022, 6:23 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Thank you Mr. Vice-President, Excellencies, The people of Afghanistan are experiencing some of the darkest moments of a generation. In the wake of years of conflict, and since the takeover by the Taliban in August last year, the country has been plunged ... More >>
Oral Update On Myanmar: Statement By Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner For Human Rights | 14 June 2022
Wednesday, 15 June 2022, 5:18 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Distinguished Vice-President, Excellencies, Since my last update to this Council in February this year, the human rights situation in Myanmar has continued to rapidly decline. Still suffering from the devastating consequences of the February 2021 military ... More >>
UN High Commissioner's Oral Update On Global Human Rights Developments To The 50th Human Rights Council Session
Tuesday, 14 June 2022, 5:48 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Distinguished President, Excellencies, Colleagues and friends, It is an honour to address you today, in what continue to be challenging times for the promotion and protection of human rights. Since we last gathered, the war in Ukraine continues ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES: (1) Bangladesh (2) Brazil
Saturday, 11 June 2022, 5:39 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 10 June 2022 Subject: (1) Bangladesh (2) Brazil 1) Bangladesh We are concerned by the Government of Bangladesh’s decision not to approve the renewal ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES: (EN/AR) - Yemen
Saturday, 4 June 2022, 5:53 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Liz Throssell Location: Geneva Date: 3 June 2022 Subject: Yemen We have frequently briefed about the devastating impact that Yemen’s armed conflict, ... More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson On Human Rights Concerns Ahead Of Local Elections In Cambodia On Sunday
Friday, 3 June 2022, 6:10 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 2 June 2022 We are disturbed by the pattern of threats, intimidation and obstruction targeting opposition candidates ahead of communal elections in Cambodia on 5 June. Candidates have faced numerous restrictions and reprisals that have hindered ... More >>
Comment By UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Michelle Bachelet On Adoption Of Law Abolishing Death Penalty In CAR
Thursday, 2 June 2022, 6:23 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (1 June 2022) - I commend the adoption of a law in the Central African Republic abolishing the death penalty and encourage President Faustin-Archange Touadéra to promulgate it. The death penalty is incompatible with fundamental tenets of human ... More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Seif Magango After Guinean Authorities Banned Public Demonstrations
Tuesday, 31 May 2022, 5:45 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA/NAIROBI (30 May 2022) – We call on the Guinean transitional authorities to revoke the ban they have imposed on public demonstrations. On 13 May 2022, the ruling National Rallying Committee for Development issued a statement in which it ... More >>
UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Michelle Bachelet’s Official Visit To China
Sunday, 29 May 2022, 5:21 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Guangzhou, 28 May 2022 Good evening and thank you all for joining me here today. This press conference has to be virtual, given the COVID-19 restrictions in place. But I hope this means that those of you who may otherwise not have been able ... More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Seif Magango On Zambia’s Pledge To Abolish The Death Penalty
Saturday, 28 May 2022, 6:13 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
We warmly welcome the Zambian President’s pledge on 24 May to abolish the death penalty in the country and work with Parliament to end this cruel, inhuman, and degrading punishment. Use of the death penalty is incompatible with fundamental human rights ... More >>
UN Human Rights Chief Michelle Bachelet To Conduct Official Visit To China, 23-28 May 2022
Saturday, 21 May 2022, 1:32 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (20 May 2022) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Monday begins a six-day official mission to China, at the invitation of the Government. This is the first country visit by a UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to China ... More >>
Comment By UN High Commissioner For Human Rights On The Dissolution Of Afghanistan’s Independent Human Rights Commission
Friday, 20 May 2022, 6:30 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 19 May 2022 I am dismayed at the reported decision of the Taliban to dissolve the country’s Independent Human Rights Commission. The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission performed extraordinary work in extremely difficult conditions ... More >>
Assistant Secretary-General For Human Rights To Visit South Sudan And Addis Ababa
Wednesday, 18 May 2022, 8:22 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (17 May 2022) – The UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Ilze Brands Kehris, today begins a three-day mission to South Sudan followed by a visit to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 20 to 23 May. In South Sudan, Brands Kehris will meet ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES: (1) DPRK; (2) Iran; (3) Mexico
Wednesday, 18 May 2022, 8:21 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Liz Throssell Location: Geneva Date: 17 May 2022 Subject: (1) DPRK ... More >>
Bachelet Calls On Mexico To Step Up Efforts As Tragic Milestone Reached Of More Than 100,000 Disappearances
Tuesday, 17 May 2022, 7:49 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (17 May 2022) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday called on the Mexican authorities to step up efforts to ensure truth and justice for victims of disappearances, who now number more than 100,000, according ... More >>
Statement By UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Michelle Bachelet On Events In The Occupied West Bank
Sunday, 15 May 2022, 5:08 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (14 May 2022) - I am following with deep distress events in the occupied West Bank, including in East Jerusalem. Footage of Israeli police attacking mourners at the funeral procession of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in East Jerusalem on Friday ... More >>
Ukraine: Bachelet Addresses Human Rights Council Special Session
Friday, 13 May 2022, 6:08 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
12 May 2022, Geneva Distinguished President, Excellencies, Colleagues and Friends, Greetings from Vienna, Thank you for this opportunity to update the Human Rights Council on the human rights situation in Ukraine. This follows my ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES: (1) Ukraine; (2) Sri Lanka; (3) Ecuador
Wednesday, 11 May 2022, 5:44 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Liz Throssell Location: Geneva Date: 10 May 2022 Subject: (1) Ukraine (2) Sri Lanka (3) Ecuador 1) Ukraine The head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, Matilda Bogner, briefed ... More >>
Bachelet Urges Restraint, And Pathway To Dialogue As Violence Escalates In Sri Lanka
Wednesday, 11 May 2022, 5:28 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (10 May 2022) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday called on the authorities in Sri Lanka to prevent further violence, and urged restraint and meaningful dialogue to address the grievances of the population ... More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Liz Throssell On Nicaragua’s Crackdown On Civil Society
Tuesday, 10 May 2022, 6:11 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
We are deeply concerned that a new law, which came into force in Nicaragua on Friday, further restricts the functioning of civil society, contrary to the country’s human rights obligations. The law has the stated aim of preventing money-laundering and ... More >>
