Q&A on Gaza report: UN investigators Navi Pillay and Chris Sidoti take questions UN Human Rights Council 2026-09-21 | Q&A on Gaza report: UN investigators Navi Pillay and Chris Sidoti take questions
UN Human Rights Council has helped place human rights at the centre of global climate discussions UN Human Rights Council 2025-10-13 | On 13 October 2025, the President of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Jürg Lauber, participated in the opening of the fifth session of the UN Forum on Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law in Geneva.The theme of the fifth session of the Forum is “Democracy and climate change: focusing on solutions”.
En Haïti, 1 enfant sur 7 nest pas scolarisé, alerte lONU | #HRC60 UN Human Rights Council 2025-10-07 | ...
Haiti: We can – and must - turn this situation around, Türk tells UN Human Rights Council - #HRC60 UN Human Rights Council 2025-10-07 | On 2 October 2025, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, presented an oral update on the situation in Haiti to the UN Human Rights Council at its 60th session in Geneva.#HRC60
Human Rights Advisers help countries ratify treaties and protect vulnerable groups | #HRC60 UN Human Rights Council 2025-10-03 | On 3 October 2025, Abdoul Aziz Thioye, Deputy Director of the Global Operations Division at the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, updated the Human Rights Council on the United Nations Human Rights Advisor programme.
Yemen’s human rights crisis threatens peace and reconciliation efforts | #HRC60 UN Human Rights Council 2025-10-03 | On 3 October 2025, Abdoul Aziz Thioye, Deputy Director of the Global Operations Division of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, updated the Human Rights Council on Yemen.
Cambodia: Civic space shrinking as opposition faces detention, says UN Human Rights Office | #HRC60 UN Human Rights Council 2025-10-03 | On 3 October 2025, Abdoul Aziz Thioye, Deputy Director of the Global Operations Division of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, updated the Human Rights Council on Cambodia.
#Ukraine | “This war needs to end, Volker Türk tells UN Human Rights Council UN Human Rights Council 2025-10-03 | #HRC60
Ukraine: Over 50,000 civilians killed or injured since Russia’s invasion, says UNs Türk | #HRC60 UN Human Rights Council 2025-10-03 | On 3 October 2025, Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, updated the Human Rights Council on the latest findings of his office regarding the human rights situation in Ukraine.
Cambodia: Right to a clean, healthy environment far from reality | #HRC60 UN Human Rights Council 2025-10-03 | On 3 October 2025, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, addressed the Human Rights Council at its 60th session in Geneva.
Libya: Arbitrary arrests, killings, and disappearances persist with impunity, says UN | #HRC60 UN Human Rights Council 2025-10-03 | On 2 October 2025, Nada Al-Nashif, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, updated the Human Rights Council on the technical cooperation work carried out by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Libya.
Somalia: Violence and rights abuses escalate at critical turning point | #HRC60 UN Human Rights Council 2025-10-03 | On 2 October 2025, Isha Dyfan, the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia, presented the final report of her mandate to the Human Rights Council at its 60th session.
RCA : le pays tente de se relever, vacille parfois, mais demeure debout, souligne un Expert de lONU UN Human Rights Council 2025-10-03 | #HRC60
En RCA, des points dinquiétudes qui doivent retenir notre attention, souligne un expert de lONU UN Human Rights Council 2025-10-02 | Le 2 octobre 2025, l'Expert indépendant des Nations Unies sur la situation des droits humains en République centrafricaine, Yao Agbetse, a tenu une conférence de presse sur son sixième et dernier rapport qu'il a présenté au Conseil des droits de l'homme de l'ONU lors de la 60e session à Genève.C'était la dernière conférence de presse de M. Agbtese en sa qualité d'Expert indépendant sur la RCA.#HRC60
RCA : le pays tente de se relever, vacille parfois, mais demeure debout, souligne un Expert de lONU UN Human Rights Council 2025-10-02 | Le 2 octobre 2025, L'Expert indépendant des Nations Unies sur la situation des droits humains en République centrafricaine, Yao Agbetse, a présenté son sixième et dernier rapport devant le Conseil des droits de l'homme de l'ONU lors de la 60e session à Genève.C'était la dernière intervention de M. Agbtese devant le Conseil en sa qualité d'Expert indépendant sur la RCA.#HRC60
Haiti faces “make-or-break” moment amid spiraling violence, warns UN expert | #HRC60 UN Human Rights Council 2025-10-02 | On 2 October 2025, William O’Neill, United Nations Designated Expert on Human Rights in Haiti, spoke during an interactive dialogue on Haiti at the Human Rights Council's 60th session in Geneva. The dialogue was held shortly after the UN Security Council authorized a new multinational Gang Suppression Force (GSF) in Haiti to replace the Kenyan-led security support mission, amid escalating gang violence, widespread rights abuses and a humanitarian emergency affecting all aspects of life in the island nation.
UN Human Rights Office updates the Human Rights Council on anti-racism work | #HRC60 UN Human Rights Council 2025-10-02 | On 1 October 2025, Dimiter Chalev, chief of the Rule of Law, Equality and Non-Discrimination Branch, of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN Human Rights), presented the following reports to the Human Rights Council at its 60th session:- How the work of the different treaty bodies has contributed to the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action - Study of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights A/HRC/60/78- A world of sport free from racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance - Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights A/HRC/60/69- Comprehensive communications strategy to continue to raise awareness about and mobilize global public support for racial justice and equality and the fight against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance - Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, A/HRC/60/71
Racism drives war and undermines peace, says UN group of eminent experts | #HRC60 UN Human Rights Council 2025-10-02 | On 1 October 2025, Salome Mbugua, member of the Group of Independent Eminent Experts on the Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (DDPA), updated the Human Rights Council on the group's activities. In its resolution 51/32 of 2022, the Human Rights Council decided that the Group of Independent Eminent Experts would 1) function as an advisory mechanism for the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly on the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and 2) work towards mobilizing global political will for concrete action to implement the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action. The DDPA serves as a global framework to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, and related intolerance.
Human rights backlash makes anti-racism commitments more urgent than ever | #HRC60 UN Human Rights Council 2025-10-02 | On 1 October 2025, James Ndirangu Waweru, chair-rapporteur of the United Nations' Intergovernmental Working Group on the effective implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, addressed the Human Rights Council at its 60th session. The Working Group was established to follow up on the decisions made at the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, held in Durban, South Africa, in 2001. The Working Group’s mandate, as spelled out in operative paragraph 7 of Commission resolution 2002/68, is to make recommendations on the effective implementation of this Programme of Action.
Online hate speech and AI under scrutiny in draft UN anti-racism protocol | #HRC60 UN Human Rights Council 2025-10-02 | On 1 October 2025, Kadra Ahmed Hassan, chair of the United Nations' Ad Hoc Committee on the Elaboration of Complementary Standards, reported to the Human Rights Council at its 60th session. The Committee aims to strengthen the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and provide new normative standards aimed at combating all forms of contemporary racism, including incitement to racial and religious hatred.
No State has fully accounted for the harms of systemic racism, says UNs Volker Türk | #HRC60 UN Human Rights Council 2025-10-01 | On 1 October 2025, Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, addressed a Human Rights Council dialogue on reparatory justice in the context of racism and racial discrimination against Africans and people of African descent.
Generational poverty and underdevelopment in the Caribbean is rooted in enslavement | #HRC60 UN Human Rights Council 2025-10-01 | On 1 October 2025, Gabrielle Hemmings, PhD student researching reparatory justice and development in universities, and a principal of the NGO Churches’ Reparation Action Forum in Jamaica, spoke at a Human Rights Council dialogue on reparatory justice in the context of racism and racial discrimination against Africans and people of African descent.
Centuries of injustice against Africans requires concrete reparations, says Makmid Kamara | #HRC60 UN Human Rights Council 2025-10-01 | On 1 October 2025, Makmid Kamara, the founder of Reform Initiatives, spoke at a Human Rights Council dialogue on reparatory justice in the context of racism and racial discrimination against Africans and people of African descent.Mr. Kamara's work focuses on reparatory justice and movement building to reform systems and structures.
Colonial-era institutions still shape racist practices in law enforcement today | #HRC60 UN Human Rights Council 2025-10-01 | On 1 October 2025, Tracie Keesee, a member of the International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in Law Enforcement (EMLER), spoke at a Human Rights Council dialogue on reparatory justice in the context of racism and racial discrimination against Africans and people of African descent. Ms. Keesee also presented the Expert Mechanism's report of its visit to Belgium.
Slavery and colonialism demand reparatory justice now, says Martin Kimani | #HRC60 UN Human Rights Council 2025-10-01 | On 1 October 2025, Martin Kimani, chair of the United Nations Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, addressed the Human Rights Council at its 60th session.
Russia: Repression at home and aggression abroad are inseparable, warns UN Special Rapporteur UN Human Rights Council 2025-10-01 | #HRC60
Reparatory justice for enslavement and colonialism is overdue, says UN working group | #HRC60 UN Human Rights Council 2025-10-01 | On 1 October 2025, Bina D’Costa, Chair of the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent (WGEPAD), addressed the Human Rights Council at its 60th session.
Palestine: businesses urged to end involvement in Israeli settlements UN Human Rights Council 2025-09-30 | At the United Nations Human Rights Council, Nada Al-Nashif presented the UN Human Rights' updated database of 158 businesses involved in activities in Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory from August 2019 to April 2025. "We call on Member States, business enterprises and other stakeholders to make constructive use of this update and to uphold their human rights obligations and responsibilities," she said at #HRC60.
Women are sidelined in peace talks - despite proof their participation builds peace | #HRC60 UN Human Rights Council 2025-09-30 | On 30 September 2025, Nada Al-Nashif, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, spoke at the Human Rights Council's Annual discussion on the integration of a gender perspective throughout the work of the Human Rights Council and that of its mechanisms. The theme for 2025 was "Strengthening gender perspectives in transitional justice processes."The concept of "transitional justice" encompasses the full range of processes and mechanisms associated with a society’s attempt to come to terms with a legacy of large-scale past conflict, repression, violations, and abuses, in order to ensure accountability, serve justice, and achieve reconciliation.
Truth commissions ignored gender-based violations for decades, says UN expert | #HRC60 UN Human Rights Council 2025-09-30 | On 30 September 2025, Bernard Duhaime, Special Rapporteur on the Promotion of Truth, Justice, Reparation and Guarantees of Non-Recurrence, spoke at the Human Rights Council's Annual discussion on the integration of a gender perspective throughout the work of the Human Rights Council and that of its mechanisms. The theme for 2025 was "Strengthening gender perspectives in transitional justice processes."The concept of "transitional justice" encompasses the full range of processes and mechanisms associated with a society’s attempt to come to terms with a legacy of large-scale past conflict, repression, violations, and abuses, in order to ensure accountability, serve justice, and achieve reconciliation.
Nepal: Women survivors of conflict demand justice beyond sexual violence | #HRC60 UN Human Rights Council 2025-09-30 | On 30 September 2025, Devi Khadka, Women’s rights activist and former Member of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal, spoke at the Human Rights Council's Annual discussion on the integration of a gender perspective throughout the work of the Human Rights Council and that of its mechanisms. The theme for 2025 was "Strengthening gender perspectives in transitional justice processes."The concept of "transitional justice" encompasses the full range of processes and mechanisms associated with a society’s attempt to come to terms with a legacy of large-scale past conflict, repression, violations, and abuses, in order to ensure accountability, serve justice, and achieve reconciliation.
Truth commissions and reparations must address the invisible ordeals of both sexes | #HRC60 UN Human Rights Council 2025-09-30 | On 30 September 2025, Kateryna Busol, Legal Advisor at the International Center for Transitional Justice, spoke at the Human Rights Council's Annual discussion on the integration of a gender perspective throughout the work of the Human Rights Council and that of its mechanisms. The theme for 2025 was "Strengthening gender perspectives in transitional justice processes."The concept of "transitional justice" encompasses the full range of processes and mechanisms associated with a society’s attempt to come to terms with a legacy of large-scale past conflict, repression, violations, and abuses, in order to ensure accountability, serve justice, and achieve reconciliation.
La justicia transicional es la base misma de la reconciliación, afirma Colombia | #HRC60 UN Human Rights Council 2025-09-30 | El 30 de septiembre 2025, Gustavo Gallón, Embajador y Representante Permanente de Colombia ante la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas y otras Organizaciones Internacionales en Ginebra, ha participado en una mesa redonda del Consejo de Derechos Humanos de la ONU sobre la justicia transicional con enfoque de género.#HRC60
Businesses urged to end involvement in Israeli settlements | #HRC60 UN Human Rights Council 2025-09-29 | On 29 September 2025, Nada Al-Nashif, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, updated the Human Rights Council's 60th session on the following report:Database of all business enterprises involved in the activities detailed in paragraph 96 of the report of the independent international fact-finding mission to investigate the implications of the Israeli settlements on the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of the Palestinian people throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem – (A/HRC/60/19 - Advance edited version)DOWNLOAD the report here: ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/hrbodies/hrcouncil/sessions-regular/session60/advance-version/a-hrc-60-19-aev.pdf The report was mandated by the UN Human Rights Council, and identifies businesses involved in specific activities listed by the Council resolution, including: supplying equipment and materials that facilitate the construction and maintenance of illegal settlements, demolition of houses and property of Palestinians, surveillance activities, the use of natural resources for business purposes, and the pollution and dumping of waste in Palestinian villages. The new report updates the database of companies involved in these activities.
Indigenous Peoples’ rights are not privileges — they are international law | #HRC60 UN Human Rights Council 2025-09-29 | On 23 September 2025, Albert K. Barume, Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, addressed the United Nations Human Rights Council at its 60th session.#HRC60
Burundi : 10 ans après la crise électorale de 2015, des inquiétudes persistent (Expert de lONU) UN Human Rights Council 2025-09-29 | Le 19 septembre 2025, le Rapporteur spécial des Nations Unies sur la situation des droits de l'homme au Burundi, Fortuné Gaetan Zongo, a présenté son rapport annuel au Conseil des droits de l'homme de l'ONU lors de sa 60e session ordinaire à Genève.#HRC60
More than half of critical minerals lie on Indigenous territories, says UN | #HRC60 UN Human Rights Council 2025-09-26 | On 24 September 2025, Nada Al-Nashif, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, spoke at the Human Rights Council's Annual half-day panel discussion on the rights of Indigenous Peoples. The theme of the 2025 panel was the "Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the context of a just transition to sustainable energy systems, including in relation to critical minerals".#HRC60
Indigenous rights must be at the core of the energy transition says Inuit leader | #HRC60 UN Human Rights Council 2025-09-26 | On 24 September 2025, Sara Olsvig, Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council, spoke at the Human Rights Council's Annual half-day panel discussion on the rights of Indigenous Peoples. The theme of the 2025 panel was the "Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the context of a just transition to sustainable energy systems, including in relation to critical minerals".
Nicaragua: El Gobierno recurre al uso a gran escala de la privación arbitraria de la nacionalidad UN Human Rights Council 2025-09-26 | El 23 de septiembre 2025, el Presidente del Grupo de Expertos en Derechos Humanos sobre Nicaragua (GHREN), Jan-Michael Simon, presentó una actualización oral del GHREN en el Consejo de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.#HRC60
Hydropower projects in Nepal violate Indigenous sovereignty and land rights, says advocate | #HRC60 UN Human Rights Council 2025-09-26 | On 24 September 2025, Shankar Limbu, Secretary of the Lawyers’ Association for Human Rights of Nepalese Indigenous Peoples and representative of Indigenous Peoples’ Rights International, spoke at the Human Rights Council's Annual half-day panel discussion on the rights of Indigenous Peoples. The theme of the 2025 panel was the "Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the context of a just transition to sustainable energy systems, including in relation to critical minerals".#HRC60
Illegal mining poisons rivers and communities on Brazil’s Indigenous lands | #HRC60 UN Human Rights Council 2025-09-26 | On 24 September 2025, Joenia Wapichana, President of the National Indigenous Peoples Foundation of Brazil (FUNAI), spoke at the Human Rights Council's Annual half-day panel discussion on the rights of Indigenous Peoples. The theme of the 2025 panel was the "Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the context of a just transition to sustainable energy systems, including in relation to critical minerals".#HRC60
Intersex advocate urges UN to help end harmful medical practices | #HRC60 UN Human Rights Council 2025-09-26 | On 15 September 2025, Jeff Cagandahan, Executive Director of Intersex Philippines and Board Member of Intersex Asia, spoke at a Human Rights Council panel discussion on combating discrimination, violence, and harmful practices against intersex persons. The United Nations Human Rights Council adopted its first-ever resolution on intersex rights in April 2024, addressing discrimination, violence, and harmful practices against people with variations in sex characteristics. The organization of this panel was one of its action points.#HRC60
Council of Europe drafts first international legal instrument on intersex rights | #HRC60 UN Human Rights Council 2025-09-26 | On 15 September 2025, Yuri de Boer, Chair of the Expert Committee of the Steering Committee on Anti-discrimination, Diversity, and Inclusion at the @CouncilofEuropeEn, spoke at a United Nations Human Rights Council panel discussion on combating discrimination, violence, and harmful practices against intersex persons. The Human Rights Council adopted its first-ever resolution on intersex rights in April 2024, addressing discrimination, violence, and harmful practices against people with variations in sex characteristics. The organization of this panel was one of its action points.#HRC60
UN Voluntary Fund marks 40 years amplifying Indigenous voices worldwide | #HRC60 UN Human Rights Council 2025-09-26 | On 24 September 2025, Kumar Sunuwar delivered a video statement on behalf of the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples to the UN Human Rights Council during an interactive dialogue with the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.#HRC60
Intersex people face violence, stigma, and harmful medical practices worldwide | #HRC60 UN Human Rights Council 2025-09-26 | On 15 September 2025, Nada Al-Nashif, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, spoke at a Human Rights Council panel discussion on combating discrimination, violence and harmful practices against intersex persons. The United Nations Human Rights Council adopted its first-ever resolution on intersex rights in April 2024, addressing discrimination, violence, and harmful practices against people with variations in sex characteristics. The organization of this panel was one of its action points.#HRC60
Intersex children face harmful and unnecessary surgeries, warns expert | #HRC60 UN Human Rights Council 2025-09-26 | On 15 September 2025, Tlaleng Mofokeng, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, spoke at a UN Human Rights Council panel discussion on combating discrimination, violence and harmful practices against intersex persons. The United Nations Human Rights Council adopted its first-ever resolution on intersex rights in April 2024, addressing discrimination, violence, and harmful practices against people with variations in sex characteristics. The organization of this panel was one of its action points.#HRC60
La transición energética no debe realizarse a expensas de los derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas UN Human Rights Council 2025-09-26 | El 24 de septiembre de 2025, la Presidenta-Relatora del Mecanismo de Expertos de las Naciones Unidas sobre los derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas, Anexa Alfred Cunningham, participó en la mesa redonda anual del Consejo de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas, en Ginebra, sobre los derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas en el contexto de una transición justa hacia sistemas energéticos sostenibles, incluyendo en relación con los minerales críticos.#HRC60
Los Pueblos Indígenas tienen derecho a acceder y controlar los datos relacionados con sus vidas UN Human Rights Council 2025-09-26 | El 24 de septiembre de 2025, la Presidenta-Relatora del Mecanismo de Expertos de las Naciones Unidas sobre los derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas, Anexa Alfred Cunningham, presentó el labor del Mecanismo del último año ante el Consejo de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.#HRC60
Cuando una persona conoce sus derechos, comienza a caminar distinto | #HRC60 UN Human Rights Council 2025-09-26 | El 16 de septiembre 2025, la coordinadora del proyecto Nab’il y secretaria de la ONG Jóvenes Artistas por la Justicia Social, Nelly Monzón, participó en el panel de discusión bianual sobre juventud y derechos humanos durante la sesión 60 del Consejo de Derechos Humanos en Ginebra, Suiza.#HRC60
Derechos de las personas intersex: el camino es la colaboración y la escucha activa, dice Chile UN Human Rights Council 2025-09-26 | El 15 de septiembre 2025, la Subsecretaria de Salud Pública de Chile, Andrea Albagli Iruretagoyena, ha participado en una mesa redonda del Consejo de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas, en Ginebra, sobre la lucha contra la discriminación, la violencia y las prácticas nocivas contra las personas intersex.#HRC60
Cuba continuará defendiendo su derecho a vivir sin bloqueo | #HRC60 UN Human Rights Council 2025-09-25 | El 12 de septiembre de 2025, la Viceministra de Relaciones Exteriores de Cuba, Anayansi Rodríguez Camejo, ha participado en el panel bienal del Consejo de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas sobre medidas coercitivas unilaterales.#HRC60
