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

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 ...

Every day, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is supposed to stand up for people who've lost everything, families caught in war, hunger, or oppression. Yet, ...

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 ...

To establish these offices, the OHCHR negotiates a comprehensive mandate with host governments, encompassing both the protection and promotion of human rights ...

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 ...

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 ...

"Israeli settlers and security forces have intensified their killings, attacks and harassment of Palestinians in the occupied ...

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 ...

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 ...