4 days ago · The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights is the leading United Nations entity in the field of human rights, with a unique mandate to promote and protect all human rights for all people.

4 days ago · But funding for human rights – which represents less than five per cent of the total regular budget of the United Nations – remains woefully inadequate. Last year, we asked for $500 million. Of that, we raised $269 million – four percent less than in 2023, which forced us to spend our reserves in order to make it through the year.

4 days ago · GENEVA – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has launched a US$500 million funding appeal for 2025, to address global human rights needs. “From Gaza to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Ukraine, Sudan and Myanmar, among others, during the past year, my Office has raised the alarm over grave violations and abuses, warned of the risks of escalation, and called repeatedly ...

3 days ago · United Nations agencies on Friday called for an end to the violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo ... the UN human rights office, OHCHR, reported. Spokesperson Jeremy Laurence said OHCHR has documented summary executions of at least 12 people by the M23 between 26 and 28 ... and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, ...

Jan 26, 2025 · Marking Holocaust Remembrance Day on Monday, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, said the essence of commemorations was to acknowledge the past but they “must also examine the present and look to the future”. ‘Hateful rhetoric’ reverberating. Underlying the rise of hateful rhetoric, with rising antisemitism on the streets and online, the UN rights chief said that ...

Sep 9, 2024 · The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights delivered his annual global update on Monday, urging the international community to reject a “new normal” that upholds entrenched power...

Feb 16, 2024 · CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s government on Thursday ordered the local United Nations office on human rights to suspend operations and gave its staff 72 hours to leave, accusing it of assisting coup plotters and terrorist groups.

Sep 9, 2024 · SOUNDBITE (English) — Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights:“We can and must make a different choice. Reconnect with our common humanity, nature, and our planet. In other words, we could choose to be guided by human rights and the universal values that we all share.” Cutaway: Human Rights Council

4 hours ago · President Donald Trump is expected to issue an executive order on Tuesday withdrawing the U.S. from the U.N. Human Rights Council and prohibiting future funding for the U.N. relief agency for Gaza ...

03 January 2025 Delivered by: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk At: Briefing to the Security Council on the provision of healthcare in Gaza Location: Geneva Mr ...