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Comment By UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Michele Bachelet On Inter-religious Clashes In Ethiopia
Saturday, 7 May 2022, 7:51 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 7 May 2022 I am deeply distressed by the recent violent clashes between Muslims and Orthodox Christians in Ethiopia in which at least 30 people were reportedly killed and more than 100 others injured. The inter-religious clashes first reported ... More >>
Bachelet Addresses World Press Freedom Day Event With Nobel Peace Laureates Maria Ressa And Dmitry Muratov
Wednesday, 4 May 2022, 6:49 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 3 May 2022 Minister Sommaruga, Counsellor Kanaan, Distinguished speakers, Colleagues, Thank you to the City of Geneva and the Freedom Cartoonists Foundation for hosting this vital event and for putting the spotlight on the fundamental role ... More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani On Detention Of Activists In Jordan
Saturday, 30 April 2022, 5:39 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 29 April 2022 We are concerned by the continued detention in Jordan of peaceful activists arrested in February and March under the Law of Crime Prevention and the Cybercrime Prevention Law, in what appears to be part of a deliberate campaign to ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES: Mali
Saturday, 30 April 2022, 5:20 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 29 April 2022 Subject: Mali We are deeply dismayed by the Malian media regulator’s decision to definitively suspend Radio France International (RFI) and ... More >>
Sudan: Bachelet Appalled By Darfur Killings, Warns Against Escalation
Thursday, 28 April 2022, 6:50 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (27 April 2022) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Wednesday called on the Sudanese authorities to protect the population of West Darfur and take urgent steps to prevent further outbreaks of communal violence after ... More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani On Imminent Executions In Singapore
Tuesday, 26 April 2022, 5:50 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (25 April 2022) - We urge the Government of Singapore to halt the imminent execution of Nagaenthran Dharmalingam and Datchinamurthy Kataiah, two Malaysian nationals convicted of drug offences, amid what appears to be an alarming acceleration in execution ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES - (1) Ukraine; (2) Israel/OPT
Saturday, 23 April 2022, 5:09 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 22 April 2022 Subject: (1) Ukraine (2) Israel/OPT 1) Ukraine The Russian invasion nearly two months ago has plunged Ukraine into a human rights and humanitarian ... More >>
Bachelet Urges Respect For International Humanitarian Law Amid Growing Evidence Of War Crimes In Ukraine
Saturday, 23 April 2022, 5:06 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (22 April 2022) – The Russian invasion nearly two months ago has plunged Ukraine into a human rights and humanitarian crisis that has devastated the lives of civilians throughout the country and beyond, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES: (1) Sri Lanka; (2) El Salvador
Wednesday, 6 April 2022, 5:45 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Liz Throssell Location: Geneva Date: 05 April 2022 Subject: (1) Sri Lanka; (2) El Salvador 1) ... More >>
Comment By UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Michelle Bachelet On Bodies In Town Of Bucha In Ukraine
Tuesday, 5 April 2022, 5:20 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 4 April 2022 I am horrified by the images of civilians lying dead on the streets and in improvised graves in the town of Bucha in Ukraine. Reports emerging from this and other areas raise serious and disturbing questions about possible war ... More >>
UKRAINE Statement By Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner For Human Rights
Thursday, 31 March 2022, 7:07 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
49th Session of the Human Rights Council Item 10: Oral update on the situation of human rights in Ukraine Statement by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 30 March 2022 Distinguished President, Excellencies, Colleagues and ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES: Libya
Saturday, 26 March 2022, 6:54 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Liz Throssell Location: Geneva Date: 25 March 2022 Subject: Libya We are concerned by the deepening crackdown on civil society in Libya, where arbitrary ... More >>
Failure To Adhere To Commitments To Re-open Schools For All Girls Deeply Disappointing And Damaging For Afghanistan
Thursday, 24 March 2022, 6:44 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 23 March 2022 I share the profound frustration and disappointment of Afghan high school girls and women, who after six months of anticipation were prevented from returning to school today. The de facto authorities’ failure to adhere to ... More >>
UN Rights Chief Urges Revisions To UK Borders Bill
Friday, 18 March 2022, 6:18 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (17 March 2021) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has called on the Government and legislators in the United Kingdom to ensure that the proposed Nationality and Borders Bill avoids undermining protection of human ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES: (1) Myanmar; (2) Egypt
Wednesday, 16 March 2022, 6:37 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 15 March 2022 Subject: (1) Myanmar (2) Egypt 1) Myanmar The international community must take concerted, immediate measures to stem the spiral of violence ... More >>
Myanmar: UN Report Urges Immediate, Concerted Effort By Intl Community To Stem Violence, Hold Military Accountable
Wednesday, 16 March 2022, 6:31 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (15 March 2022) – The international community must take concerted, immediate measures to stem the spiral of violence in Myanmar, where the military has engaged in systematic and widespread human rights violations and abuses – some of which ... More >>
Comment By UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Michelle Bachelet On The Execution Of 81 People In Saudi Arabia
Tuesday, 15 March 2022, 7:19 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (14 March 2022) – I condemn Saudi Arabia’s mass execution on Saturday of 81 people on terrorism-related charges. Among those beheaded on 12 March, I understand that 41 belonged to the Shiite minority, and had taken part in anti-government protests ... More >>
UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Michelle Bachelet Visits Kabul, Afghanistan
Sunday, 13 March 2022, 5:53 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
11 March 2022 I was able to conduct a brief visit to Kabul yesterday – at a time when Afghans are toiling through desperate, intersecting crises and grappling with great uncertainty. Uncertainty about the future of their country but also about where ... More >>
Belarus: UN Report Details Scale And Patterns Of Human Rights Violations Committed With Impunity
Thursday, 10 March 2022, 7:02 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (9 March 2022) - The fundamental human rights of tens of thousands of people in Belarus have been violated and the lives of countless others negatively affected by the Government’s continued crackdown on opponents, civil society, journalists ... More >>
Annual Report And Oral Update By The UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Michele Bachelet
Wednesday, 9 March 2022, 7:06 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Annual Report and Oral Update by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michele Bachelet on the activities of her Office and recent human rights developments 49th session of the Human Rights Council Item 2: Annual Report and Oral Update by the ... More >>
