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Comment By UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk On ICJ Gaza Ruling
Friday, 24 October 2025, 11:10 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
The ruling must be the first step towards recovery and peacebuilding anchored in human rights, so that the ceasefire in Gaza transforms into enduring peace, in line with international law. More >>
Kyrgyzstan: Reintroduction Of Death Penalty Would Violate International Law, Türk Warns
Monday, 20 October 2025, 8:34 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Some 170 States have abolished or introduced a moratorium on the death penalty in law or in practice. More >>
Türk Welcomes ICC Conviction Of Sudan’s “Ali Kushayb”
Tuesday, 7 October 2025, 11:59 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
“The convictions of Ali Kushayb represent an important acknowledgment of the enormous suffering endured by the victims of his heinous crimes, as well as a first measure of long overdue redress for them, and their loved ones.” said Türk. More >>
UN Human Rights Office Updates Database Of Businesses Involved In Israeli Settlements In Occupied West Bank
Sunday, 28 September 2025, 9:16 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
The report also highlights the role of the State to “act with diligence to ensure that business enterprises operating in conflict-affected areas are not involved in or otherwise materially contributing to serious human rights violations or abuses”. More >>
South Sudan: Türk Alarmed By Deteriorating Human Rights Situation Amid Rising Violence And Political Tensions
Sunday, 28 September 2025, 9:15 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
The first quarter of the year recorded the highest number of civilian victims in any three-month period since 2020, as documented by the Human Rights Division of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). More >>
Guinea: Türk Urges Lifting Of Bans On Opposition Parties, Media Outlets Ahead Of December Polls
Friday, 26 September 2025, 6:20 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
The High Commissioner spoke in the aftermath of the 21 September referendum on a new constitution, which was marred by bans on political parties and media outlets, reports of arbitrary arrests and detentions, as well as enforced disappearances. More >>
UK-Ireland Joint Framework Is An Important Step Towards Addressing The Human Rights Legacy Of The Troubles – Türk
Thursday, 25 September 2025, 8:51 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
The three-decade conflict known as “The Troubles” ended in April 1998 with the adoption of the Good Friday Agreement. More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan On The Attack Against Gaza-Bound Flotilla
Thursday, 25 September 2025, 8:04 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
There must be an independent, impartial and thorough investigation into the reported attacks and harassment by drones and other objects against the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla. More >>
Kyrgyzstan: Torture Prevention Seriously Undermined By New Law, UN Human Rights Chief Warns
Thursday, 25 September 2025, 7:43 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
On 23 September, it was announced that the Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov had signed a law mandating the closure of the National Centre for the Prevention of Torture (NCPT) and transferring its torture prevention mandate to the Ombudsperson. More >>
Sudan Crisis Deepens Amid Rising Civilian Casualties, Growing Ethnic Violence And Grim Humanitarian Situation: UN Report
Wednesday, 24 September 2025, 8:00 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
The report also points to “recurring patterns of conflict-related sexual violence, used as a weapon of war as part of wider attacks involving other violations”. More >>
DPRK: UN Report Finds 10 Years Of Increased Suffering, Repression And Fear
Saturday, 13 September 2025, 6:47 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
A significant aspect of the report is the link between the degrading human rights situation in the DPRK, the country’s increasing self-imposed isolation and the peace and security situation on the Korean Peninsula. More >>
Enhanced Interactive Dialogue On The Democratic Republic Of The Congo
Wednesday, 10 September 2025, 6:58 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
The mission reports that all those involved in the latest shocking upsurge of violence in North and South Kivu provinces committed gross violations and abuses of international human rights law and serious violations of international humanitarian law. More >>
Nepal: Türk Appalled By Protest Killings, Says Violence Is Not The Answer
Wednesday, 10 September 2025, 7:45 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
The High Commissioner said protesters have the right to express peacefully their political frustrations and grievances over corruption and a ban on social media platforms. More >>
HC Türk Updates The Human Rights Council: “We Need To Safeguard Eighty Years Of Progress On Freedom, Equality & Justice”
Tuesday, 9 September 2025, 6:40 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Human rights provide a compass to steer us through the challenges of our time, from the climate crisis to technological developments. More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani On Violence During Protests In Nepal
Tuesday, 9 September 2025, 8:00 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
We have received several deeply worrying allegations of unnecessary or disproportionate use of force by security forces during protests organized by youth groups demonstrating against corruption and the recent Government ban on social media platforms. More >>
Türk Calls On The US To Withdraw Sanctions Against Palestinian Rights Groups
Saturday, 6 September 2025, 8:21 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
“The work of civil society in documenting violations and engaging with international accountability mechanisms is all the more important when international humanitarian and human rights laws are being violated systematically in Gaza and the West Bank, ... More >>
DRC: UN Report Raises Spectre Of War Crimes And Crimes Against Humanity In North And South Kivu
Saturday, 6 September 2025, 8:18 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
The report was produced by the UN Human Rights Office's Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) on the situation in North and South Kivu, as mandated by the UN Human Rights Council. More >>
Mali: Türk Deplores Indefinite Suspension Of Elections, Deepening Crackdown On Civil Society
Friday, 5 September 2025, 7:33 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
On 8 July, the transitional president signed into law a bill providing for presidential terms to be renewable without elections “as many times as necessary, until peace is restored in the country”. More >>
Cameroon: Restrictions On Civic Space Risk Undermining Presidential Election, Türk Warns
Thursday, 4 September 2025, 8:48 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
“Equal access to participation in electoral processes for all Cameroonians is absolutely essential. Any measures that could disenfranchise sections of Cameroonian society should be promptly addressed,” the High Commissioner said. More >>
Myanmar: Death, Destruction And Desperation Mirror 2017 Atrocities – UN Report
Thursday, 4 September 2025, 8:44 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Since the escalation of hostilities in Rakhine, hundreds of thousands more people have been displaced, the report says. The United Nations estimates some 150,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh since November 2023, joining nearly one million already taking ... More >>
