UN Rights Body

UN Rights Body

A general view shows construction of the Israeli settlement of Ramat Givat Zeev in the occupied-West Bank November 19, 2019. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

UN rights office says Israeli settlement plan breaks international law

Logo of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Photo: OHCHR

Countries where UN rights body has offices

Palestinians carry aid supplies which they received from the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, June 3, 2025, in this screengrab taken from video. Reuters TV via REUTERS

Wilful restriction on Gaza food aid may constitute war crime, says UN rights office

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Issue of enforced disappearances has long, painful history in Bangladesh: UN

Volker Turk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, attends the high-level event commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, December 11, 2023. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

Myanmar junta's access to arms, cash must be cut off, UN rights chief says

File photo of Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen

UN rights body not correctly informed on recent violence in Dhaka: Momen

Logo of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Photo: Courtesy

Govt slams UN rights body's attempt to influence judicial process in Bangladesh

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UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet in city

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet attends an event at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, November 3, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

China seeks to stop UN rights chief from releasing Xinjiang report - document

The United Nations flag is seen during the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., September 24, 2019. REUTERS/Yana Paskova

Dhaka to assess its pledges ahead of UN rights council election 

FILE PHOTO: United Nations' High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet adjusts her mask during the opening of 45th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European UN headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland September 14, 2020. Martial Trezzini/Pool via REUTERS

UN rights boss sees Syria echoes in Myanmar conflict

A participant holds a placard reading "One for all, all for one" during a rally in support of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Moscow, Russia January 23, 2021. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

Western countries call on Russia at UN rights body to release Navalny

FILE PHOTO: Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrives at Parliament buildings on the Stormont estate in Belfast, October 24, 2013 REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton/File Photo

UN rights body unanimously adopts Myanmar resolution