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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

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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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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

#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...

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...

#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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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...

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.

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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...

#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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"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...

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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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.

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.

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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...

#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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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

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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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

#Belarus: Outcome of presidential elections likely to result in continuing human rights violations, UN experts say.
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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...

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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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...

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...

’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...

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...

Is the UN fit for purpose? (Tom Fletcher) Podcast Episode · Leading · 20/01/2025 · 1h

Good to talk to Rest is Politics. Great show, tough subjects.

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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...

#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...

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⬇️

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...

#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...

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.

"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...

Ukraine in grip of third winter of escalating Russian attacks Russian forces continue to subject Ukraine’s people to “relentless attacks” by aerial glide bombs, long-range missiles and drones, in a bid to capture further territory in the east of the country, the...

"Ukrainians, like people everywhere, have a right to peace," Nada Al-Nashif told the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.

"It is beyond time for this war to end," the UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights said at a meeting on the situation in #Ukraine.
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Haïti : un expert de l’ONU préoccupé par les attaques contre le secteur de la santé L’accès aux soins médicaux et la vie de travailleurs de la santé sont clairement menacés à Haïti, a alerté vendredi un expert indépendant des Nations Unies, qui s’est dit profondément préoccupé par le...

#Haiti | L’accès aux soins médicaux et la vie de travailleurs de la santé sont menacés, alerte l’expert de l’ONU William O’Neill qui s’est dit profondément préoccupé par les récentes attaques perpétrées par des gangs contre des établissements et professionnels de la santé news.un.org/fr/story/202...

Las autoridades de Venezuela deben respetar los derechos humanos La Misión de expertos especializada en ese país hace esta exigencia en vísperas de la toma de posesión presidencial el próximo 10 de enero. Toda conducta violatoria de derechos debe ser investigada de...

#Venezuela | La Misión Internacional Independiente de Determinación de los Hechos sobre la República Bolivariana de Venezuela, establecida por el Consejo de #DerechosHumanos de la ONU, exige el pleno respeto a los derechos en vísperas de la toma de posesión presidencial news.un.org/es/story/202...

Haiti: UN expert William O’Neill says deeply concerned by attacks on health care sector GENEVA - The UN’s Designated Expert on Human Rights in Haiti, William O’Neill, said today he was deeply concerned that the outrageous attacks on hospitals, clinics, and heath care workers by gangs in ...

#Haiti | ”Access to health care and the lives of those who provide it are clearly at great risk,” said UN expert William O’Neill. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

Venezuela Fact-Finding Mission Demands Full Respect for Rights Ahead of the Presidential Inauguration GENEVA – Venezuelan authorities must respect the rights to life, liberty and personal security of all Venezuelans and release all those who have arbitrarily detained, the Independent International Fac...

#Venezuela |Authorities must respect the rights to life, liberty & personal security of all Venezuelans & release all those who have arbitrarily detained, the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission said ahead of the presidential inauguration set for 10 January www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...