The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights is one of the most difficult jobs at the international body. On the one hand, some UN member-states are corrupt… ...

Please join the CSIS Human Rights Initiative for an armchair conversation with Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, on the occasion of his first official visit to Washington ...

Credit: Flickr/ sanjitbakshi Subscribe for ads-free reading Michelle Bachelet brought disrepute and discredit to the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. While she ...

Statement by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. 7 March 2022. Distinguished President, Excellencies, Colleagues and friends, The United Nations, and this Council, stand for ...

DELIVERED BY Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights At Human Rights Council 49th Session LOCATION – Geneva Distinguished President of the Human Rights Council ...

Human Rights Watch welcomes this discussion on the report of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on normative standards and obligations under international law, which concluded that “the ...

Ahmad Abdul Quader, secretary general of Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish, on Thursday said the proposed establishment of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in ...

Submission to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Rights of the Child and Social Protection. January 2023 ...

The head of the United Nations human rights office called on Friday for Syria's interim authorities to ensure accountability ...

The main purpose of the High Commissioner is to advance international cooperation in the field of human rights, to coordinate all human rights activities of United Nations agencies, to enhance ...

To establish these offices, the OHCHR negotiates a comprehensive mandate with host governments, encompassing both the protection and promotion of human rights ...