Human Rights Watch joins 10 other organizations to provide input regarding Human Rights Council Resolution 52/11 on the question of the realization in all countries of economic, social and ...

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

GENEVA (Reuters) -The head of the United Nations human rights office called on Friday for Syria's interim authorities to ...

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 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 post was created through General Assembly resolution 48/191 in 1993 and functions as the top human rights post in the UN system. As Commissioner, Zeid will report directly to the Secretary General ...

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) ... Office Address(es) Palais Wilson, No. 52 rue des Pâquis, Geneva, CH-1201, Switzerland . Mailing Address(es) Office of the ...

Sept. 9 (UPI) --The United Nations has appointed current undersecretary-general for policy Volker Türk as the next U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights. U.N. Secretary-General António ...

New York, August 24, 2022—The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and The New School’s Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy announced today a global ...

Srilanka, June 24 -- Volker Turk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, held a meeting with Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, at the Prime Minister's Office yesterday. Prime ...

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

V. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE THIRD COMMITTEE 428. Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees The General Assembly, In view of its resolution 319 A (IV) ...