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Comment By UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Marta Hurtado On Egypt
Saturday, 1 June 2024, 4:26 am | UN Human Rights Office
UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Marta Hurtado expresses concern about the decision by the Cairo Appeals Court on to uphold the one-year prison sentence with labour against former member of parliament and ex-presidential hopeful Ahmad Al-Tantawi ... More >>
Hong Kong SAR: UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Volker Türk Deplores Use Of National Security Laws
Saturday, 1 June 2024, 4:20 am | UN Human Rights Office
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Friday voiced his concern at the recent application of national security laws in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China. More >>
UN Human Rights Chief To Conduct Official Visits To Malaysia And Lao People’s Democratic Republic From 2 To 7 June
Saturday, 1 June 2024, 4:08 am | UN Human Rights Office
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk will, starting Sunday, conduct official missions to Malaysia and the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), with a stopover in Bangkok, Thailand, for a number of meetings. More >>
Burkina Faso: UN Human Rights Chief Gravely Concerned By Rise In Killings Of Civilians
Saturday, 1 June 2024, 3:59 am | UN Human Rights Office
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today expressed serious concern at the recent rise in killings of civilians across Burkina Faso, with allegations of responsibility pointing to both armed groups and State actors. More >>
Comment By UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Volker Türk On Violence In Myanmar’s Rakhine State
Monday, 20 May 2024, 4:06 am | UN Human Rights Office
With inter-communal tensions between ethnic Rakhine and Rohingya high – and being actively stoked by the military – this is a critical period when the risk of yet further atrocity crimes is particularly acute. More >>
Comment By UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Volker Türk On Gaza
Monday, 13 May 2024, 4:17 am | UN Human Rights Office
UN High Commissioner For Human Rights call on Israel and Palestinian armed groups urgently to agree to a ceasefire, and all hostages must be released at once. All states with influence must do everything in their power to prevent it - to protect ... More >>
Russia: UN Human Rights Chief Troubled By Increasing Crackdown On Journalists
Wednesday, 8 May 2024, 4:00 am | UN Human Rights Office
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Tuesday said he was concerned by the increasing number of journalists charged, convicted and jailed in Russia for their independent reporting, in what appears to be an intensification of a crackdown ... More >>
Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territory: Rafah Threat Is Inhumane, Says UN Human Rights Chief
Tuesday, 7 May 2024, 4:21 am | UN Human Rights Office
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Monday warned that civilian deaths, suffering and destruction were set to increase beyond already unbearable levels following Israel’s orders to Palestinians to evacuate parts of Rafah ahead ... More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk On The Protests In Georgia
Friday, 3 May 2024, 4:44 am | UN Human Rights Office
"Thousands of Georgians have been protesting for days against the draft Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence, and authorities must fully respect and protect their rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly." More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani On Iraq
Tuesday, 30 April 2024, 5:00 am | UN Human Rights Office
Iraq's new law criminilising consensual same-sex relations and other private consensual behaviour runs contrary to several human rights treaties and conventions ratified by Iraq, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and ... More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Marta Hurtado On Burkina Faso
Saturday, 27 April 2024, 5:43 am | UN Human Rights Office
“We are deeply disturbed by reports of the killing of large numbers of civilians, including children, in several villages in the Yatenga and Soum provinces in northern Burkina Faso in recent months in an overall context of fighting between armed groups ... More >>
Urgent Action Needed To Tackle Climate Change
Tuesday, 29 August 2023, 7:47 am | UN Human Rights Office
The UN Child Rights Committee today published authoritative guidance on children’s rights and the environment with a special focus on climate change. The guidance specifies the legislative and administrative measures States should urgently implement to address ... More >>
UN Rights Chief Issues Call To Protect And Expand Civic Space
Saturday, 27 May 2023, 3:08 pm | UN Human Rights Office
GENEVA (26 May 2023) – We all want to help shape our futures, our communities, and our countries, but it is not possible when we do not have space to speak up and debate different viewpoints safely, noted UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker ... More >>
Human Rights 75: Concrete Action Needed To End Racial Discrimination – UN Human Rights Chief
Tuesday, 7 March 2023, 6:46 am | UN Human Rights Office
6 March 2023 All human beings are born free and equal. Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms without distinction of any kind. This is the promise set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. However, the daily reality for ... More >>
Comment By UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Volker Türk On Agreement Between Military And Civilians In Sudan
Tuesday, 6 December 2022, 5:34 am | UN Human Rights Office
GENEVA (5 December 2022) – I welcome today’s signing of a framework agreement between civilian leaders and the military in Sudan – an important first step towards a political agreement and the restoration of a civilian-led government. It will be ... More >>
Special Committee To Investigate Israeli Practices: Facilitate COVID-19 Vaccines In Occupied Palestinian Territory
Friday, 26 March 2021, 7:33 am | UN Human Rights Office
Special Committee To Investigate Israeli Practices Urges Israel To Facilitate COVID-19 Vaccines In Occupied Palestinian Territory GENEVA (25 March 2021) – After recent annual consultations with Member States, the United Nations Special Committee to ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES - Haiti
Wednesday, 20 January 2021, 7:14 am | UN Human Rights Office
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Marta Hurtado Location: Geneva Date: 19 January 2021 Subject: Haiti We are concerned that persistent insecurity, poverty and structural inequalities in Haiti coupled with increasing political tensions ... More >>
Comment By UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Michelle Bachelet On Wednesday’s Events In The USA
Friday, 8 January 2021, 8:43 am | UN Human Rights Office
We are deeply troubled by Wednesday’s attack on the US Capitol, which demonstrated clearly the destructive impact of sustained, deliberate distortion of facts, and incitement to violence and hatred by political leaders. Allegations of electoral ... More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Liz Throssell On The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
Thursday, 7 January 2021, 6:43 pm | UN Human Rights Office
We are deeply concerned about the arrests on Wednesday of 53 political activists, academics, former legislators, current district councillors, and lawyers in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and we call for their immediate release. These ... More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani On Execution Of Child Offender In Iran
Friday, 1 January 2021, 7:05 am | UN Human Rights Office
GENEVA (31 December 2020) – Early this morning in Iran, Mohammad Hassan Rezaiee was executed for an offence he allegedly committed when he was 16 years old. This is the fourth confirmed execution of a child offender in Iran in 2020. The execution ... More >>
