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

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 ...

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

Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to provide input to inform the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights’ report on the rights of the child and violations of human rights in ...

There has been an increase in killings of and attacks against Palestinians by settlers and security forces in the occupied ...

The interim government has clarified that the main objective of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for ...

The government of Bangladesh has signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to field a mission in the ...

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 ...

Urge the Government of Burundi to constructively cooperate with the Office of the United Na­tions High Commissioner for Human Rights, in particular its regional office for Central Africa, and to ...

Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, told the U.N. Human Rights Council that conditions in Venezuela have continued to deteriorate at an alarming rate over the past ...

“Targeting legal professionals solely for performing their role in the justice system or exercising their freedom of ...

Since 10 July, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, has verified that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have killed at least 60 ...