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On 4 April 2025, the United Nations #HumanRights Council concluded its 58th regular session after adopting 32 resolutions.
#HRC58 summary by the #UnitedNations Office at Geneva⤵️
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#HRC58 summary by the #UnitedNations Office at Geneva⤵️
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Human Rights Council Concludes Fifty-Eighth Regular Session after Adopting 32 Resolutions | The United Nations Office at Geneva
Extends 16 Country Specific and Thematic Mandates and Establishes an Intergovernmental Working Group to Draft a Legally Binding Instrument on the Human Rights of Older Persons
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April 5, 2025 at 8:08 AM
On 4 April 2025, the United Nations #HumanRights Council concluded its 58th regular session after adopting 32 resolutions.
#HRC58 summary by the #UnitedNations Office at Geneva⤵️
www.ungeneva.org/en/news-medi...
#HRC58 summary by the #UnitedNations Office at Geneva⤵️
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Independent experts of the UN Commission on Human Rights in #SouthSudan today began a four-day visit to the country.
Later the following week, the Commission is scheduled to present its latest findings to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. #HRC58 www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Later the following week, the Commission is scheduled to present its latest findings to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. #HRC58 www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
UN human rights experts make 13th visit to South Sudan
JUBA/GENEVA – The independent experts of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan today began a four-day visit to the country.
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February 17, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Independent experts of the UN Commission on Human Rights in #SouthSudan today began a four-day visit to the country.
Later the following week, the Commission is scheduled to present its latest findings to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. #HRC58 www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Later the following week, the Commission is scheduled to present its latest findings to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. #HRC58 www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
In 2021, 8 UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts denounced the arrests of Garifuna human rights defenders.
“Honduras must stop misusing criminal law to persecute human rights defenders and to stigmatize the Garifuna community,” said @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social www.ohchr.org/en/get-invol...
“Honduras must stop misusing criminal law to persecute human rights defenders and to stigmatize the Garifuna community,” said @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social www.ohchr.org/en/get-invol...
Defending ancestral lands: the Garifuna struggle in Honduras
The Garifuna, an Afro-Indigenous community numbering between 50,000 and 100,000 in the country, live along the Caribbean coast, relying on small-scale fishing and subsistence agriculture. They are dee...
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February 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
In 2021, 8 UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts denounced the arrests of Garifuna human rights defenders.
“Honduras must stop misusing criminal law to persecute human rights defenders and to stigmatize the Garifuna community,” said @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social www.ohchr.org/en/get-invol...
“Honduras must stop misusing criminal law to persecute human rights defenders and to stigmatize the Garifuna community,” said @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social www.ohchr.org/en/get-invol...
#RDC | Le Conseil des droits de l’homme de l’ONU décide de la création d’une mission d’établissement des faits et d’une commission d’enquête indépendante sur les graves violations commises dans l’est du pays. www.ohchr.org/fr/news/2025...
À l’issue de sa 37ème session extraordinaire, le Conseil décide de la création d’une mission d’établissement des faits et d’une commission d’enquête indépendante sur les graves violations commises dan...
Le Conseil des droits de l’homme a achevé, cet après-midi, sa trente-septième session extraordinaire sur la situation des droits de l’homme dans l’est de la République démocratique du Congo en adoptan...
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February 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
#RDC | Le Conseil des droits de l’homme de l’ONU décide de la création d’une mission d’établissement des faits et d’une commission d’enquête indépendante sur les graves violations commises dans l’est du pays. www.ohchr.org/fr/news/2025...
#DRC | The UN Human Rights Council agreed Friday to launch an investigation into alleged violations and abuses committed during the deadly clashes gripping the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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By @france24.com with @afpnews.bsky.social + @apnews.com www.france24.com/en/africa/20...
UN Human Rights Council launches probe into abuses in eastern DR Congo
The UN's top human rights body on Friday launched an investigation into alleged abuses during the escalating crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) and adopted a resolution urgi...
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February 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM
#DRC | The UN Human Rights Council agreed Friday to launch an investigation into alleged violations and abuses committed during the deadly clashes gripping the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
By @france24.com with @afpnews.bsky.social + @apnews.com www.france24.com/en/africa/20...
By @france24.com with @afpnews.bsky.social + @apnews.com www.france24.com/en/africa/20...
Les pillages & destructions de biens à grande échelle en }Syrie par toutes les parties au conflit sont restés en grande partie impunis & constituent probablement des crimes de guerre, selon des enquêteurs indépendants mandatés par le Conseil des droits de l'homme de l’ONU news.un.org/fr/story/202...
Syrie : les forces armées d’Assad doivent rendre des comptes, selon une commission d’enquête
Les pillages et destructions de biens à grande échelle en Syrie par toutes les parties au conflit sont restés en grande partie impunis et constituent probablement des crimes de guerre, ont affirmé jeu...
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February 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Les pillages & destructions de biens à grande échelle en }Syrie par toutes les parties au conflit sont restés en grande partie impunis & constituent probablement des crimes de guerre, selon des enquêteurs indépendants mandatés par le Conseil des droits de l'homme de l’ONU news.un.org/fr/story/202...
A United Nations commission said Thursday it had documented the systematic destruction and pillaging of displaced people's property during #Syria's war, warning of demographic change nearly two months after Bashar al-Assad's ouster.
By @afpnews.bsky.social www.barrons.com/news/un-syri...
By @afpnews.bsky.social www.barrons.com/news/un-syri...
UN Syria Investigators Report 'Systematic' Pillage Of Property During War
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February 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
A United Nations commission said Thursday it had documented the systematic destruction and pillaging of displaced people's property during #Syria's war, warning of demographic change nearly two months after Bashar al-Assad's ouster.
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By @afpnews.bsky.social www.barrons.com/news/un-syri...
#RDC : session extraordinaire du Conseil des droits de l'homme le 7 février sur la situation dans l'est de la République démocratique du Congo.
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Le Conseil des droits de l'homme tiendra une session extraordinaire sur la République démocratique du Congo le 7 février 2025
GENÈVE - Le Conseil des droits de l'homme des Nations Unies tiendra une session extraordinaire sur la situation des droits de l’homme dans l’est de la République démocratique du Congo. La session débu...
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February 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
#RDC : session extraordinaire du Conseil des droits de l'homme le 7 février sur la situation dans l'est de la République démocratique du Congo.
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Il reste "encore beaucoup de preuves préservées" de crimes en #Syrie, malgré les images de sites compromis ou de documents pris, selon la Commission d'enquête internationale indépendante de l'ONU sur le pays.
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"Encore beaucoup de preuves" de crimes "préservées" en Syrie
Il reste "encore beaucoup de preuves préservées" de crimes en Syrie, malgré les images de sites compromis ou de documents pris, selon les enquêteurs onusiens. Vendredi à Genève, ils ont dit aussi être...
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February 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Il reste "encore beaucoup de preuves préservées" de crimes en #Syrie, malgré les images de sites compromis ou de documents pris, selon la Commission d'enquête internationale indépendante de l'ONU sur le pays.
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The UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, Irene khan, visited #Zambia from 20 to 31 January 2025.
She plans to submit her final report on her visit to the UN Human Rights Council in June 2025.
#HRC59 www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
She plans to submit her final report on her visit to the UN Human Rights Council in June 2025.
#HRC59 www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Zambia must deliver on promises to protect freedom of expression, UN expert says
LUSAKA – Human rights are at a crossroads in Zambia as the country prepares for general elections in 2026 amidst major economic challenges and rising political tensions, a UN expert said today.
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February 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, Irene khan, visited #Zambia from 20 to 31 January 2025.
She plans to submit her final report on her visit to the UN Human Rights Council in June 2025.
#HRC59 www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
She plans to submit her final report on her visit to the UN Human Rights Council in June 2025.
#HRC59 www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
#Syria | Despite concerns about the destruction of documents and other indications of serious crimes committed in Syria under Bashar al-Assad's rule, UN investigators said Friday that plenty of evidence remained unspoiled.
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By @afpnews.bsky.social via @france24.com
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UN war crimes investigators say Syria 'rich in evidence'
Despite concerns about the destruction of documents and other indications of serious crimes committed in Syria under Bashar al-Assad's rule, UN investigators said Friday that plenty of evidence remain...
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January 31, 2025 at 9:31 PM
#Syria | Despite concerns about the destruction of documents and other indications of serious crimes committed in Syria under Bashar al-Assad's rule, UN investigators said Friday that plenty of evidence remained unspoiled.
By @afpnews.bsky.social via @france24.com
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By @afpnews.bsky.social via @france24.com
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The UN Commission of Inquiry on #Syria said on Friday that while restrictions should be eased to alleviate suffering, leverage remains crucial to ensure accountability and progress under the country’s transitional government.
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Syria sanctions should be lifted, but leverage needed to keep transition on track: UN Commission of Inquiry
'We’ve seen the impact of sanctions being felt more and more by the population,' says commissioner Hanny Megally
- Anadolu Ajansı
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January 31, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The UN Commission of Inquiry on #Syria said on Friday that while restrictions should be eased to alleviate suffering, leverage remains crucial to ensure accountability and progress under the country’s transitional government.
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La Rapporteuse spéciale sur la torture+autres peines ou traitements cruels, inhumains ou dégradants, Alice Jill Edwards, se rendra en visite officielle au Sénégal du 3 au 14 février 2025.
Elle présentera un rapport au Conseil des droits de l’homme de l'ONU en mars 2026 www.ohchr.org/fr/press-rel...
Elle présentera un rapport au Conseil des droits de l’homme de l'ONU en mars 2026 www.ohchr.org/fr/press-rel...
Visite officielle de l’experte sur la torture au Sénégal
GENEVE – La Rapporteuse spéciale des Nations Unies sur la torture et autres peines ou traitements cruels, inhumains ou dégradants, Alice Jill Edwards, se rendra en visite officielle au Sénégal du 3 a...
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January 31, 2025 at 4:47 PM
La Rapporteuse spéciale sur la torture+autres peines ou traitements cruels, inhumains ou dégradants, Alice Jill Edwards, se rendra en visite officielle au Sénégal du 3 au 14 février 2025.
Elle présentera un rapport au Conseil des droits de l’homme de l'ONU en mars 2026 www.ohchr.org/fr/press-rel...
Elle présentera un rapport au Conseil des droits de l’homme de l'ONU en mars 2026 www.ohchr.org/fr/press-rel...
The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of #humanrights defenders, @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social, conducted an official visit to #Algeria from 26 November to 5 December 2023.
She will present a report on her visit at the 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council www.ohchr.org/en/media-adv...
She will present a report on her visit at the 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council www.ohchr.org/en/media-adv...
UN expert on human rights defenders to visit Algeria
GENEVA (24 November 2023) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Mary Lawlor, will conduct an official visit to Algeria from 26 November to 5 December 2023. The Specia...
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January 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of #humanrights defenders, @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social, conducted an official visit to #Algeria from 26 November to 5 December 2023.
She will present a report on her visit at the 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council www.ohchr.org/en/media-adv...
She will present a report on her visit at the 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council www.ohchr.org/en/media-adv...
Four years ago, #Myanmar’s elected government was overthrown by the military.
Since then, according to substantial evidence collected & analysed by the UN Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar, serious international crimes have been committed across the country iimm.un.org/en/four-year...
Since then, according to substantial evidence collected & analysed by the UN Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar, serious international crimes have been committed across the country iimm.un.org/en/four-year...
Four years since the military takeover in Myanmar: no justice for brutal atrocities | Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar
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January 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Four years ago, #Myanmar’s elected government was overthrown by the military.
Since then, according to substantial evidence collected & analysed by the UN Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar, serious international crimes have been committed across the country iimm.un.org/en/four-year...
Since then, according to substantial evidence collected & analysed by the UN Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar, serious international crimes have been committed across the country iimm.un.org/en/four-year...
#Belarus: Outcome of presidential elections likely to result in continuing human rights violations, UN experts say.
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Belarus: Outcome of presidential elections likely to result in continuing human rights violations, Experts say
GENEVA/VIENNA – The UN Group of Independent Experts on Belarus expresses profound concerns over the re-election of President Aleksandr Lukashenko and its likely impact on the already dire human rights...
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January 29, 2025 at 8:44 PM
#Belarus: Outcome of presidential elections likely to result in continuing human rights violations, UN experts say.
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www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Entrevista de Marta Valiñas, presidenta de la Misión internacional independiente de determinación de los hechos sobre la República Bolivariana de #Venezuela, con
@noticiasonu.bsky.social.
#ONU #DerechosHumanos
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@noticiasonu.bsky.social.
#ONU #DerechosHumanos
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Venezuela, “cada vez más aislada” de la región y de los espacios multilaterales, asegura la presidenta de la Misión
Marta Valiñas, que preside la Misión Internacional Independiente de Investigación sobre el país sudamericano, señala en una entrevista con Noticias ONU que las autoridades se han ido cerrando cada vez...
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January 29, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Entrevista de Marta Valiñas, presidenta de la Misión internacional independiente de determinación de los hechos sobre la República Bolivariana de #Venezuela, con
@noticiasonu.bsky.social.
#ONU #DerechosHumanos
news.un.org/es/story/202...
@noticiasonu.bsky.social.
#ONU #DerechosHumanos
news.un.org/es/story/202...
The Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances and the Committee on Enforced Disappearances are the two UN human rights mechanisms fighting against enforced disappearances. www.ohchr.org/en/stories/2...
Global voices unite at the first World Congress on Enforced Disappearances
The first World Congress on Enforced Disappearances in Geneva, Switzerland, gathered relatives of the disappeared, civil society organizations, States and Human Rights Mechanisms and provided a platfo...
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January 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances and the Committee on Enforced Disappearances are the two UN human rights mechanisms fighting against enforced disappearances. www.ohchr.org/en/stories/2...
In a report drawing on its extensive investigations since the start of the Syrian conflict, the UN #Syria Commission of Inquiry today detailed how the former Syrian Government systematically used arbitrary detention, torture and enforced disappearances to quash dissent. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
’Web of Agony’: UN Commission’s report unveils depths of former government’s detention crimes during first decade of Syrian war
GENEVA – In a report drawing on its extensive investigations since the start of the Syrian conflict, the UN Syria Commission of Inquiry today detailed how the former Syrian Government systematically u...
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January 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
In a report drawing on its extensive investigations since the start of the Syrian conflict, the UN #Syria Commission of Inquiry today detailed how the former Syrian Government systematically used arbitrary detention, torture and enforced disappearances to quash dissent. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
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January 20, 2025 at 8:55 AM
#RDC: dans un rapport au Conseil des #droitsdelhomme de l’ONU, Volker Türk a alerté sur la hausse des violations des droits humains & du droit international humanitaire, le nombre de cas de violence sexuelle commis par des groupes armés augmentant de manière alarmante www.ohchr.org/fr/stories/2...
En République démocratique du Congo, les tribunaux itinérants combattent l’impunité et défendent la dignité des victimes
Avec le soutien du bureau du HCDH en République démocratique du Congo, les tribunaux itinérants jouent un rôle important dans la promotion de l’établissement des responsabilités face aux graves violat...
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January 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM
#RDC: dans un rapport au Conseil des #droitsdelhomme de l’ONU, Volker Türk a alerté sur la hausse des violations des droits humains & du droit international humanitaire, le nombre de cas de violence sexuelle commis par des groupes armés augmentant de manière alarmante www.ohchr.org/fr/stories/2...
14 States will have their #humanrights records examined during the 48th session of the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review mechanism.
More information on the #UPR48 session to be held at @ungeneva.bsky.social from 20 to 31 January 2025 ➔ www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
More information on the #UPR48 session to be held at @ungeneva.bsky.social from 20 to 31 January 2025 ➔ www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
January 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
14 States will have their #humanrights records examined during the 48th session of the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review mechanism.
More information on the #UPR48 session to be held at @ungeneva.bsky.social from 20 to 31 January 2025 ➔ www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
More information on the #UPR48 session to be held at @ungeneva.bsky.social from 20 to 31 January 2025 ➔ www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
The United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva is comprised of 47 Member States, which are elected by majority vote in the UN General Assembly in New York.
With membership of the Council comes a responsibility to uphold the highest #humanrights standards.
Here is the 2025 membership⬇️
With membership of the Council comes a responsibility to uphold the highest #humanrights standards.
Here is the 2025 membership⬇️
January 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva is comprised of 47 Member States, which are elected by majority vote in the UN General Assembly in New York.
With membership of the Council comes a responsibility to uphold the highest #humanrights standards.
Here is the 2025 membership⬇️
With membership of the Council comes a responsibility to uphold the highest #humanrights standards.
Here is the 2025 membership⬇️
#Venezuela | La Misión Internacional Independiente de la ONU informó el 9 Enero haber documentado 16 detenciones o capturas de defensores de #derechoshumanos y líderes políticos, opositores y sus familiares en los últimos 2 días en varios estados del país news.un.org/es/story/202...
La Misión condena las recientes detenciones de líderes políticos en Venezuela
Las detenciones -16 según la Misión- se produjeron en vísperas de las manifestaciones anunciadas por la oposición para el día de hoy, e infunden un temor generalizado en la población, impidiendo que m...
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January 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
#Venezuela | La Misión Internacional Independiente de la ONU informó el 9 Enero haber documentado 16 detenciones o capturas de defensores de #derechoshumanos y líderes políticos, opositores y sus familiares en los últimos 2 días en varios estados del país news.un.org/es/story/202...
"Standing in tiny, windowless cells, still filled with stench & marked by unimaginable suffering, was a stark reminder of the harrowing accounts we have documented over nearly 14 years of investigations"
UN Syria Commissioner Hanny Megally during 1st visit to the country news.un.org/en/story/202...
UN Syria Commissioner Hanny Megally during 1st visit to the country news.un.org/en/story/202...
UN Commission notes new sense of optimism in Syria during first-ever visit
A team from the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria concluded a first visit to the country on Thursday, taking crucial steps to promote dialogue and engagement with the new caretaker government.
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January 9, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"Standing in tiny, windowless cells, still filled with stench & marked by unimaginable suffering, was a stark reminder of the harrowing accounts we have documented over nearly 14 years of investigations"
UN Syria Commissioner Hanny Megally during 1st visit to the country news.un.org/en/story/202...
UN Syria Commissioner Hanny Megally during 1st visit to the country news.un.org/en/story/202...