"PROTEST MOVEMENTS"

Mary Lawlor, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, said that the probability of a peace agreement lasting at least two years increases by 20 percent if women are involved. UNIFEED

The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights expressed concern by human rights developments in Senegal in recent weeks, where at least 16 people were killed, 350 injured and more than 500 arrested during three days of protests, between 1 and 3 June. UNTV CH

Ronaldo Costa Filho, Permanent Representative of Brazil, said, “We are confident that the strength of Brazilian institutions will allow us to overcome the violent and lamentable incidents of yesterday and allow us to move forward within the strength of our democratic institutions.” UNIFEED

UN human rights chief Volker Türk called on Thursday for an independent investigation into ongoing deadly violence against protesters in Iran, where security forces have used “live ammunition, birdshot and other metal pellets, teargas and batons”, he told the Human Rights Council in Geneva. UNTV CH

The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) has called today to immediately release thousands of protesters who have been arbitrarily deprived of their liberty while exercising their legitimate rights to freedom of expression, and to stop using the death penalty as a tool to squash protests. UNTV CH

United States Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said, “we cannot stay silent as security forces detain, torture and gun down peaceful protesters” in Iran, and called for Iran to be removed from the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). UNIFEED

Informal comments to the media by Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations, following the UNSC Arria-formula meeting on the ongoing protests in Iran.

Security Council media stakeout by Amir Saeid Jalil Iravani, Permanent Representative of Iran (Islamic Republic of) to the United Nations, ahead of the Security Council Arria-formula meeting on the ongoing protests in Iran.

After four years as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet held her final press conference in Geneva and said, “the profound impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ever-increasing effects of climate change, and the reverberating shocks of the food, fuel and finance crisis resulting from the war against Ukraine have been the three major issues” of her mandate. OHCHR

The Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric, expressed regret at the decision of the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to request that the spokesperson of the UN peacekeeping mission (MONUSCO) to depart the country. UNIFEED