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Comment by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk after Ghana’s Parliament votes to abolish death penalty
Thursday, 27 July 2023, 6:57 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 26 July 2023 I warmly welcome the passing of a historic bill by Ghana’s Parliament on Tuesday to abolish the death penalty in the country. As I said during the Biennial High-Level Panel Discussion on the Question of the Death Penalty at ... More >>
Colombia: UN Human Rights Chief Appoints Antonia Urrejola As International Human Rights Expert
Thursday, 27 July 2023, 6:56 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (26 July 2023) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has appointed Antonia Urrejola as international human rights expert on obstacles to the implementation of the 2016 Peace Agreement, following a request from the UN Human Rights Council. ... More >>
One Year Later, Türk Decries Lack Of Accountability For Olenivka Killings
Wednesday, 26 July 2023, 6:30 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (25 July 2023) – A year after the tragic killing of at least 50 Ukrainian prisoners of war at the penal colony at Olenivka in the Donetsk region of Ukraine that is under the temporary military control of the Russian Federation, justice is ... More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Seif Magango On Jailing Of Human Rights Defender In Egypt
Thursday, 20 July 2023, 6:49 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 19 July 2023 The UN Human Rights Office is alarmed by the sentencing yesterday of Egyptian researcher and human rights defender Patrick George Zaki to three years in prison, on account of his peaceful expression of views. We urge his immediate ... More >>
UK Illegal Migration Bill: Profound Impact On Human Rights And International Refugee Protection System
Tuesday, 18 July 2023, 8:22 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (18 July 2023 ) – The Illegal Migration Bill, which has now been passed by Parliament in the United Kingdom, is at variance with the country’s obligations under international human rights and refugee law and will have profound consequences ... More >>
Comment by UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Jeremy Laurence on Kenya protests
Saturday, 15 July 2023, 5:38 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 14 July 2023 The UN Human Rights Office is very concerned by the widespread violence, and allegations of unnecessary or disproportionate use of force, including the use of firearms, by police during protests in Kenya. Reports say up to 23 people ... More >>
Sudan: At Least 87 Buried In Mass Grave In Darfur As Rapid Support Forces Deny Victims Decent Burials
Friday, 14 July 2023, 6:13 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (13 July 2023) – The bodies of at least 87 ethnic Masalit and others allegedly killed last month by Rapid Support Forces and their allied militia in West Darfur have been buried in a mass grave outside the region’s capital El-Geneina on the ... More >>
53rd Session Of The Human Rights Council: Türk Calls On States To Combat The Weaponization Of Religious Differences
Wednesday, 12 July 2023, 6:59 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
53rd session of the Human Rights Council Urgent debate on "the alarming rise in premeditated and public acts of religious hatred as manifested by recurrent desecration of the Holy Quran in some European and other countries" Statement by Volker ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES: (1) Honduras
Saturday, 8 July 2023, 5:41 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Marta Hurtado Location: Geneva Date: 7 July 2023 Subject: (1) Honduras We are very concerned by the militarization of public security in Honduras. On 5 July, the Government extended, for an additional ... More >>
53rd Session of the Human Rights Council Interactive dialogue on Myanmar
Friday, 7 July 2023, 6:49 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Statement by Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Geneva, 6 July 2023 Mr. Vice President, Excellencies, Distinguished colleagues, This Council has heard report after report on the human rights situation in Myanmar. With each successive ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES: (1) Myanmar; (2) Update Of Database Of Business Enterprises In Relation To OPT; (3) France
Saturday, 1 July 2023, 6:39 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 30 June 2023 Subject: (1) Myanmar (2) Update of database of business enterprises in relation to Occupied Palestinian Territory (3) France 1) Myanmar Myanmar’s ... More >>
UN Human Rights Chief Calls For Equal And Meaningful Participation Of Women In Public And Political Life
Thursday, 15 June 2023, 9:23 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Gender-based biases in public and political life against women remain deeply entrenched globally, and urgent action is needed to accelerate progress towards full participation of women. “Patriarchy must be a thing of the past. Our future depends on women ... More >>
UN Human Rights Chief Urges UK To Reverse ‘Deeply Troubling’ Public Order Act
Friday, 28 April 2023, 5:45 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (27 April 2023) - The Public Order Bill, which has now been passed by Parliament in the United Kingdom, is deeply troubling legislation that is incompatible with the UK’s international human rights obligations regarding people’s rights to ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES: (1) Singapore
Wednesday, 26 April 2023, 5:28 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 25 April 2023 Subject: Singapore There are reports that Singapore is poised to conduct a further execution, the 12th since March 2022. The UN High Commissioner ... More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Chief On Sentencing Of Opposition Politician And Journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza In Russia
Tuesday, 18 April 2023, 5:37 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
The 25-year prison sentence handed down today by a Moscow court against opposition politician and journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza is another blow to the rule of law and civic space in the Russian Federation. Kara-Murza was tried on charges that appear ... More >>
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk Condemns Myanmar Attacks
Wednesday, 12 April 2023, 5:39 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 11 April 2023 I am horrified by reports of today’s airstrikes by Myanmar fighter jets on a community hall in the Sagaing region, an opposition stronghold in the northwest of the country, that killed dozens of people, including women and ... More >>
Burkina Faso: UN Human Rights Chief troubled by further curbs on media and civic space
Friday, 7 April 2023, 5:42 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (6 April 2023) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Thursday said he was deeply troubled by restrictions on media and civic space in Burkina Faso after the suspension of media outlets and expulsion of two foreign correspondents ... More >>
Human Rights Spotlight On Libya Must Be Maintained – Türk
Tuesday, 4 April 2023, 5:28 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (3 April 2023) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Monday stressed that his Office will strengthen its work on Libya, where the human rights situation continues to deteriorate amid widespread violence by armed actors, ... More >>
Bangladesh: Türk Urges Immediate Suspension Of Digital Security Act As Media Crackdown Continues
Saturday, 1 April 2023, 5:57 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
GENEVA (31 March 2023) – UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk today called on Bangladesh to suspend immediately its application of the Digital Security Act. “I am concerned that the Digital Security Act is being used across Bangladesh to arrest, harass and ... More >>
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk addresses UN Human Rights Council on situation in Ukraine
Saturday, 1 April 2023, 5:50 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, 31 March 2023 Mr President, Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, The Russian Federation's invasion of Ukraine has thrown us back to an archaic era. An era when a neighbouring country’s territory could be attacked and taken, at will, as one’s ... More >>
