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

The spokesperson for the Office of the UN high Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said the Office is in the process of analysing the contents of the new National Security Law adopted this week by the National People’s Congress of China, “looking at this very carefully in terms of its compliance with the international human rights obligations” applicable to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR). UNTV CH

Opening the 44th session of the Human Rights Council today in Geneva, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet compared COVID-19 to “a heat-seeking device that exposes, and is fuelled by, systemic failures to uphold human rights”, and called for “strong, transformative measures to heighten the powerful protections that human rights based-policies can provide.” UNTV CH

The Human Rights Council in Geneva heard powerful testimony from the brother of George Floyd, whose death at the hands of US police officers sparked worldwide protest. Philonise Floyd said, “black lives do not matter in the United States of America.” UNTV CH

The spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Rupert Colville briefed journalist on the dire situation in Yemen, where the healthcare system is on the brink of collapse; and on a court ruling in The Bahamas hailed as “a positive step towards promoting gender equality and reducing the risk of statelessness.” OHCHR

UN Human Rights chief, Michelle Bachelet called on the DRC authorities “to do their utmost” to deploy its security forces in the areas of conflict “to ensure they protect civilians, rather than prey on them.” OHCHR /MONUSCO

The number of victims has soared in recent weeks as separate conflicts have spread in three eastern provinces of the DRC. Armed groups have committed massacres and other atrocities, and defence and security forces have also been responsible for grave human rights violations, according to the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR). UNTV CH

A heavy-handed focus on countering national security threats and illegal drugs has resulted in serious human rights violations in the Philippines, including killings and arbitrary detentions, as well as the vilification of dissent, a new report by the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) said Thursday. Persistent impunity and formidable barriers to accessing justice need to be urgently addressed, the report said. UNTV CH

A heavy-handed focus on countering national security threats and illegal drugs has resulted in serious human rights violations in the Philippines, including killings and arbitrary detentions, as well as the vilification of dissent, a new report by the UN Human Rights Office said Thursday. UNTV CH

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet expressed shock Friday at the killing of five men by opponents of an inter-caste relationship in Nepal last weekend, as well as several other incidents of caste-based discrimination and violence that have taken place during the COVID-19 pandemic. UNTV CH

UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) said it is “deeply concerned about recent reports of failure to assist and also coordinated pushbacks of migrant boats in the central Mediterranean,” one of “the deadliest migration routes in the world.” UNTV CH