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

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… ...

The main purpose of the High Commissioner is to advance international cooperation in the field of human rights, to coordinate all human rights activities of United Nations agencies, to enhance ...

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

Ahmad Abdul Quader, secretary general of Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish, on Thursday said the proposed establishment of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in ...

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

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Credit: Flickr/ sanjitbakshi Subscribe for ads-free reading Michelle Bachelet brought disrepute and discredit to the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. While she ...

Submission to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Rights of the Child and Social Protection. January 2023 ...