"UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS- UNHCHR"

In an update to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on the human rights situation in Sri Lanka, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet called for "concrete actions" after the Sri Lankan President said the Government was “committed to work with the UN to ensure accountability” and would implement “necessary institutional reforms.” OHCHR

The UN human rights office (OHCHR) said peaceful protesters across various provinces in Afghanistan over the past four weeks have faced an increasingly violent response by the Taliban, including the use of live ammunition, batons and whips. UNTV CH

UN Human Rights Office on Tuesday called on Taliban to Taliban to “demonstrate through their actions, not just their words, that the fears for the safety of so many people from so many different walks of life are addressed.” UNTV CH

Violence against Afghan civilians by Taliban fighters “could amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity” UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said, before urging a return to peace negotiations in Doha. UNTV CH

UN Human Rights Chief Michelle Bachelet urged all countries to “draw upon the great body of international obligations and commitments and to demonstrate much stronger political will to accelerate action for racial justice and equality.” UNTV CH

The UN human rights office (OHCHR) on Monday said it was “deeply saddened and disturbed” by the death of 84-year-old Father Stan Swamy, a human rights defender and Jesuit priest, in Mumbai. On the situation in Eswatini, the OHCHR spokesperson said the eruption of violence in the African Kingdom in recent days is “deeply concerning, amid reports that dozens of people have been killed or injured during protests calling for democratic reforms.” UNTV CH

The worldwide mobilization of people calling for racial justice has forced a long-delayed reckoning with racism and shifted debates towards a focus on the systemic nature of racism and the institutions that perpetrate it, according to a new UN Human Rights Office’s report. UNTV CH

"The pain that I went through, it was horrific because it was like a motion cinema picture watching my brother passed away," Philonise Floyd, brother of murdered George Floyd said in an interview with the OHCHR. “It's difficult knowing that you can run from the police and they still will shoot you in the back," he added. OHCHR

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet issued an urgent call for States to adopt a “transformative agenda” to uproot systemic racism, as she published a report casting a spotlight on the litany of violations of economic, social, cultural, civil and political rights suffered by people of African descent – on a daily basis and across different States and jurisdictions. OHCHR

At the opening session of today’s UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet presented a report on the central role of the State in responding to pandemics. One of the report’s key message is that failure to meet human rights obligations undermined the resilience of health systems as well as health emergency preparedness, response, and recovery efforts. UNTV CH