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

In a statement read by a spokesperson, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet called “for an urgent, objective, independent assessment of the facts on the ground in the Tigray region of Ethiopia.” OHCHR

“Security forces in Myanmar must halt their vicious crackdown on peaceful protestors,” the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said in a statement read by her spokesperson on Thursday. OHCHR

High-level panel discussion to brief on the situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic - Informal meeting of the plenary, 75th session.

UN independent expert Agnès Callamard today welcomed a report published earlier this week by U.S. authorities that named Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman as the person who gave the go ahead to the operation to kill or capture journalist Jamal Khashoggi. UNTV CH

As pandemic rages on, Syria’s children face graver reality than at any other point of conflict, international aid organization official tells Security Council.

High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet today said failure to ensure accountability for human rights violations, “is a fundamental concern and key aspect” of the crisis in Belarus. OHCHR

The informal meeting discusses progress made exactly one year after UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a Call to Action for Human Rights, a seven-point blueprint aimed at boosting equality and reducing suffering everywhere, and how Member States can contribute to it.

Introducing her report on Sri Lanka to the UN Human Rights Council, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said “nearly 12 years after the end of the armed conflict, domestic initiatives have repeatedly failed to ensure justice for victims and promote reconciliation." OHCHR

Iran committed multiple human rights violations in shooting down Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 that killed all of the 176 passengers and crew onboard, as well as in the aftermath of the deadly attack, according to a UN Human Rights expert. UNIFEED

Extreme violence and attacks involving thousands of fighters at a time have engulfed more than three-quarters of South Sudan, UN human Rights Council-appointed investigators said on Friday, warning that the bloodshed and exactions faced by civilians are “the worst recorded” since the country’s civil war began in December 2013. UNTV CH /WFP