The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) issued a report Wednesday on the human rights situation in Ukraine, showing that intensified military operations by Russian ...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres Thursday appointed Austrian diplomat Volker Türk to be the next High Commissioner for Human Rights. Following approval by the UN General Assembly, Türk will ...

Afghans returning to their country face “serious violations” of their human rights committed by the Taliban de facto ...

The head of the United Nations human rights office called on Friday for Syria's interim authorities to ensure accountability ...

Human Rights Watch welcomes this discussion on the report of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on normative standards and obligations under international law, which concluded that “the ...

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), in its latest report, has flagged cases of the involuntary ...

To establish these offices, the OHCHR negotiates a comprehensive mandate with host governments, encompassing both the protection and promotion of human rights ...

Statement by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. 7 March 2022. Distinguished President, Excellencies, Colleagues and friends, The United Nations, and this Council, stand for ...

The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights is one of the most difficult jobs at the international body. On the one hand, some UN member-states are corrupt… ...