Distinguished President, Excellencies, Together with Ms. Jasminka Džumhur and Mr. Pablo de Greiff, I will present an update on the progress of the work of the Independent International Commission of...
Date: 19 September 2022 From 24 February 2022, when the Russian Federation’s armed attack against Ukraine started, to 18 September 2022, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights...
Reports that mass graves have been discovered in the Ukrainian city of Izyum are to be investigated by UN rights monitors, it’s been announced. The development follows the liberation of eastern areas...
HIGHLIGHTS The war in Ukraine has passed the 200-day mark, with the humanitarian needs of affected people only continuing to grow. Missile strikes hit a power and heating plant in Kharkiv, leading to...
Human Rights Council Fifty-first session 12 September–7 October Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right...
Human Rights Council Fifty-first session 12 September–7 October 2022 Agenda item 4 Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention Summary During the period under review, the Independent...
Date: 12 September 2022 From 24 February 2022, when the Russian Federation’s armed attack against Ukraine started, to 11 September 2022, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights...
Seventy-seventh session Item 69 (c) of the provisional agenda* Promotion and protection of human rights: human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives The...
HIGHLIGHTS ANALYSIS General security and humanitarian situation Active hostilities continued to be concentrated in the eastern and southern parts of the country during the reporting period, with more...
Multiple crises halt progress as 9 out of 10 countries fall backwards in human development, UNDP report warns The world must jolt itself out of its global paralysis to secure the future of people and...