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En parlant de la République Centre Africaine, le Haut-Commissaire des Nations Unies aux droits de l’homme, Volker Türk, a dit, “Il est rare qu'un pays dont le bilan en matière de droits de l'homme est si alarmant soit à ce point oublié par le reste du monde.” UNTV CH

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said, “The Russian Federation's invasion of Ukraine has thrown us back to an archaic era. An era when a neighboring country’s territory could be attacked and taken, at will, as one’s own. When the identity and history of communities could be denied, and reality rewritten.” UNTV CH

Le Haut-Commissaire des Nations Unies aux droits de l’homme, Volker Türk, a dit, «Je dois dire que j'étais toujours frappé par la dynamique et l'énergie de la population, mais aussi par les défis, surtout dans le contexte des droits humain. Et je pense vraiment qu'on doit faire tout pour soutenir le peuple congolais pour faire face à ces défis.» UNTV CH

During a General Assembly meeting on the issue of missing persons in Syria, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said, “The cornerstone is the establishment by the General Assembly of a new international institution to clarify the fate and whereabouts of the missing, and to provide support to victims and their families.” UNIFEED

La vocera del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos, Marta Hurtado, dijo que el estado de excepción en El Salvador, en vigor desde hace un año, ha permitido a las autoridades adoptar varias medidas que suscitan grave preocupación en materia de derechos humanos. ACNUDH

A report published by the UN Human Rights Office vividly details the ongoing suffering of victims of enforced disappearance and abduction by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. OHCHR

On the sidelines of the UN 2023 Water conference, a special event was held aiming to putting equality and human rights at the centre of the agenda addressing the global water crisis. UNIFEED

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said the adoption in Uganda of draconian new legislation targeting lesbian, gay and bisexual people was devastating and deeply disturbing, and called on President Yoweri Museveni not to promulgate it into law. OHCHR

Systematic, widespread and gross human rights violations were committed in Belarus in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election and in its aftermath, finds the latest report of the UN Human Rights Office presented today at the Human Rights Council. UNTV CH

The Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in Israel (COI OPTEJI) is currently holding a second series of public hearings from 20 to 24 March at the United Nations in Geneva as part of its mandate and its investigations. UNTV CH