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Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date: 3 July 2020 Subject: Ethiopia We are deeply concerned at violent events in Ethiopia this week...

GENEVA (2 July 2020) — The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) has called for the role of domestic monitoring bodies, officially known as National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs), to be...

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Introduction The United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) is composed of the Human Rights Division of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the...

Introduction

Dans le cadre de son mandat, le Bureau conjoint des Nations Unies aux droits de l’homme (BCNUDH) en République démocratique du Congo (RDC) assure un suivi étroit de la situation des droits de l’homme...

Geneva, 30 June 2020 Madam President, Excellencies, I now present the oral report on the Rohingya people of Myanmar requested by the Council in resolution A/HRC/S-27/1 of December 2017. Regrettably,...

30 June 2020 Madam President, Excellencies, As requested by resolution 41/2, I turn now to our report on the human rights situation in the Philippines. Let me begin by thanking the Government for its...

Distinguished President of the Council, Excellencies, Colleagues and Friends, I am honoured to discuss with the Council the report on the work of my Office in 2019, including our more than 80 field...