Baloch Human Rights Council calls for UN intervention in Balochistan

Mar 15, 2023

A delegation of the Baloch Human Rights Council submitted two separate petitions addressed to the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the UN High Commissioner...

UN Human Rights Chief to visit Bangladesh from August 14-17

Aug 12, 2022

Geneva [Switzerland], August 12 : UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet will conduct an official visit to Bangladesh Sunday, 14 August, upon...

UN rights chief Bachelet decries Taliban's decision to dissolve Human Rights Commission

May 20, 2022

Kabul [Afghanistan], May 20 : UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet condemned Taliban's decision to dissolve the Human Rights Commission and expressed...

UN appeals for USD 500 million to address global human rights needs

Jan 30, 2025

Volker Turk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, has launched an appeal to raise USD 500 million for 2025 to address global human...

Uyghur rights groups urge UN member states to appoint credible, impartial UN rights chief

Jul 28, 2022

Munich [Germany], July 28 : World Uyghur Congress along with other human rights groups urged the UN member states to give the position of...

UN Human Rights Commissioner warns of humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza

Jan 04, 2025

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk has warned the international community of a "human-rights catastrophe continuing to unfold in Gaza before the...