Statements | OHCHR , UNOG
The Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on Belarus.
Statements | OHCHR , UNOG
Statements and vote of the resolution L.16 on the situation of Human Rights in Syria.
Statements | OHCHR , UNOG
The Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on extreme poverty and human rights.
Statements
The Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on human rights and climate change.
Edited News , Press Conferences | FAO , UNICEF , WFP , WHO
Approximately 735 million people face hunger today, compared to 613 million in 2019, the UN said on Wednesday.
Edited News | OHCHR , UNOG
“The Russian Federation’s senseless war on Ukraine continues to generate severe and far-reaching violations of human rights,” said UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Wednesday, during a UN Human Rights Council Interactive Dialogue on Ukraine.
Statements
Volker Türk on the situation of human rights in the temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine.
Statements | OHCHR
The UN Human Rights Council has adopted a resolution on “the alarming rise in premeditated and public acts of religious hatred as manifested by the recurrent desecration of the Holy Quran in some European and other countries."
Edited News | UNITED NATIONS , UNOG
The UN’s top rights official Volker Türk on Tuesday urged respect for religious tolerance and respect during a debate at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva where Member States convened in response to the recent burning of the holy Quran in the Swedish capital.
Edited News | OHCHR , UNOG
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today spoke at an urgent debate at the Human Rights Council in Geneva on "the alarming rise in premeditated and public acts of religious hatred as manifested by recurrent desecration of the Holy Quran in some European and other countries".