"OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS - OHCHR"

Press Briefing by Philip Alston, Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty.

The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) announced that a team of three from the Office is due to visit Ecuador from 20 October to 8 November to look into allegations of human rights violations and abuses committed in the country in the context of the recent protests. OHCHR

Press Briefing by Can Ünver, Chairperson of the Committee on Migrant Workers and Felipe González Morales, Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants.

Press Conference featuring Jens Modvig, Chair of the Committee Against Torture, Malcolm Evans, Chair of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture, and Nils Melzer, Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) voiced its concern today following reports of an increasing spate of violence directed at protestors across Iraq, resulting in injury and death. UNTV CH

Noon Briefing by the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

At a meeting of the LGBTI Core Group at the United Nations, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet expressed concern about growing rhetoric on the part of political leaders using homophobic language to advance their agendas, and stressed that hate speech cannot be equated with freedom of expression, lest it undermine human dignity and even human lives. UNIFEED

Security Council Extends Mandate of United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 2489 (2019) at 8620th meeting.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said “human rights violations continued to occur in Nicaragua,” however, since the Government and the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy resumed dialogue, “the number of violations against life and personal integrity has decreased.” UNTV CH