Gangs tighten grip on Haiti despite more aggressive policing, UN report finds - Sight Magazine One in four Haitians live in areas controlled by criminal gangs, according to a report by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Gangs tighten grip on Haiti despite more aggressive policing, UN report finds @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Haiti #Haitigangs #UN #UNOfficeoftheHighCommissionerforHumanRights #OHCHR #VectusGlobal

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UN80 Insights: Assessing the Value of a Merger of UNFPA & UNWomen Explore a new analytical tool to assess the benefits of a potential merger of UNFPA, UNWomen and other UN entities using comparative advantage.

Debate over a #UNFPA–#UNWomen merger is growing, but there’s still no solid way to assess the risks or benefits.

@MOPAN’s comparative‑advantage framework offers a practical path — and we tested it across UNFPA, UN Women, and #OHCHR, with surprising new insights for #UN80.

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🇺🇳Birgit Kainz-Labbé, Coordinator of Civic Space Unit, #OHCHR, said:
👉 Our legal, criminal, administrative & diplomatic frameworks may not be equipped to deal with the phenomenon [#TNR] and need to be adapted to the new challenges.
👉The protection landscape is fragmented.

Flawed ‘Epstein Files’ disclosures undermine accountability for grave crimes against women and girls: UN experts GENEVA – The so-called ‘Epstein Files’ contain disturbing and credible evidence of systematic and large-scale sexual abuse, trafficking and exploitation of women and girls, UN experts* said today.Acco...

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#UN
#OHCHR
evidence of Global Criminal Conspiracy and Crimes Against Humanity upon review of Epstein files

Beyond Compliance: In our latest interview, Mac Darrow from #OHCHR explains why E&S safeguards are essential for effective climate action — and what makes the IKI safeguards system stand out internationally. Read the full article ➡️ buff.ly/yxapUxf
#IKIvalues

OHCHR Humanitarian Funds Fellowship Programme 2026–2027 (Fully Funded) – Apply for UN Human Rights Experience in Geneva - Opportunities for Youth The Fellowship Programme of the OHCHR Humanitarian Funds offers young professionals working in human rights a valuable opportunity to gain practical

🌍 Fully Funded OHCHR Humanitarian Funds Fellowship 2026–2027 in Geneva: gain UN human rights experience supporting survivors of torture & contemporary slavery — apply by 15 April 2026 🔗 wp.me/p23f03-jxq

#Fellowship #UNJobs #HumanRights #OHCHR

Dezember 2024–31. Mai 2025 (Berichtszeitraum):

#OHCHR registriert 968 getötete u. 4.807 verletzte Zivilisten, überwiegend durch russische Angriffe mit Explosivwaffen in städtischen Gebieten u. entlang der Front (darunter mdst. fünf direkt getroffene Krankenhäuser)

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Israeli forces and Hamas committed atrocity crimes in Gaza, UN report says - Sight Magazine Israeli forces, Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups have committed serious violations of international humanitarian law, a UN report said.

Israeli forces and Hamas committed atrocity crimes in Gaza, UN report says @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Israel #Hamas #Gaza #Palestinians #Palestinianarmedgrups #OHCHR #OfficeOfTheHighCommissionerForHumanRights #IsraelHamasconflict

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Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights - Submission of information to Special Procedures

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I find it absolutely ridiculous that a country w/the resources of the U.S. is unable to stop a global criminal enterprise from committing crimes against humanity.

If you’re a member of government & not using available international resources, you’re failing.

#UN #ICC #OHCHR

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“According to the experts, these acts could amount to sexual slavery, reproductive violence, enforced disappearance, torture, inhuman and degrading treatment, and femicide.”

#crimes-against-humanity
#global-criminal-enterprise
#Epstein-files

FN-top advarer: Menneskerettighedskontor i “overlevelsestilstand” Mangel på midler betyder, at FN’s menneskerettighedskontor (OHCHR) befinder sig i en form for overlevelsestilstand. Det udtaler FN’s menneskerettighedschef Volker Türk ifølge nyhedsbureauet Reuters.

5/2 2026

FN-top advarer: #Menneskerettighedskontor i “overlevelsestilstand”

#FN #OHCHR #økonomisk #krise #eupol #dkpol

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‘Human rights cannot wait’: Türk launches $400 million appeal for 2026 UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk launched a $400 million appeal on Thursday in Geneva, as his office (OHCHR) continues to operate “in survival mode”.

‘Human #rights cannot wait’: Türk launches $400 million appeal for 2026

#HumanRights
#HumanRightsFunding
#OHCHR

Mineurs non accompagnés : 3e condamnation de la France par le Comité des droits de l’enfants - [mcInform@ctions]

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Mineurs non accompagnés : 3e condamnation de la France par le Comité des droits de l’enfants
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#MNA #migrants #immigration #OQTF #France #OHCHR

UN experts alarmed by conviction of Pakistani lawyers and human rights defenders - Yes Punjab News UN experts condemn Pakistan’s 17-year sentences for lawyers Mazari-Hazir & Ali Chattha, citing crackdown on freedom of expression.

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#HumanRights #PakistanLaw #UNExperts #FreedomOfExpression #LawyersRights #CyberTerrorism #MazariHazir #AliChattha #OHCHR #CivilSociety #JusticeForLawyers #PakistanNews

Surrogacy is no different than child trafficking, numerous international treaties and laws prohibit the sale of children such as the UN's Convention on the Rights of the Child

@unitednationshumanrights
#abolition #ohchr

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Graphic promoting the video recording of the OII Europe webinar together with OHCHR Europe. The graphic includes a screenshot of the video with 4 speakers.

In October 2025 OII Europe and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Regional Office for Europe (OHCHR Europe) co-hosted an online webinar to present the #OHCHR report on #intersex persons published in September. #Video on our youtube & website: www.oiieurope.org/recording-of...

Commissioner Kgalema Motlanthe took part in an #OHCHR roundtable on racial discrimination in drug policy, highlighting the disproportionate impact of punitive approaches on people of African descent and the need for human rights- and evidence-based reform.

#DrugPolicy #PublicHealth

Inputs for OHCHR: Conscientious objection to military service in Belarus – IPB – International Peace Bureau

Inputs for #OHCHR:

Conscientious #objection to #militaryservice in #Belarus

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Make sure to read the thematic report on CRSV in Sri Lanka from the UN Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights.

🔗Read the full report here: www.ohchr.org/en/press-bri...

#SriLanka #OHCHR #UNHR

Expert Witness: @zafarahmadabdu2.bsky.social is recognized by international bodies, including the UN Special Rapporteurs, as a legitimate human rights defender. @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social #VolkerTurk #UNHCR #UNgeneva #UN_HRC #OHCHR

Israel’s discriminatory administration of the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem SummaryThis thematic report by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights considers the human rights situation in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, with a focus on Israel’...

7/1 2026

#UN #OHCHR Report:
Israel’s discriminatory administration of the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem

#Palestine #WestBank #tRumpistan #uspol #eupol #dkpol

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I did not have #OHCHR docx form formatting causing a crippling panic attack on my bingo card.

Amazing.

I wish there was someone online attached to the OHCHR Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. Like what is this formatting, can I just pull the questions out and send those, does it really require these colours and italics for answers.

#UnitedNations #OHCHR
Y'all need folk going back over this stuff

Exploding pagers and radios: A terrifying violation of international law, say UN experts GENEVA (19 September 2024) – UN human rights experts* today condemned the malicious manipulation of thousands of electronic pagers and radios to explode simultaneously across Lebanon and Syria as “ter...

🧵 [2024] Honestly, the more I know, the more I don't know if I will be able to forgive Israel. #IsraelOwesReparations #Israel #Lebanon #OHCHR #UN

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🧵 국제사회에 제기된 사법 절차 관련 문제 제기

🇰🇷 대한민국의 대통령 선거 관련 소송 지연과 사법 절차의 실효성 문제에 대해,
자유변호사협회 소속 변호인단이 유엔 인권 최고대표사무소(OHCHR)에 긴급 조치 요청 서한을 제출했다고 밝혔습니다.

자세한 내용 👉 vforkorea.com/com/sts/66
#대한민국
#윤어게인
#OHCHR
#STOPTHESTEAL

今天，在长达156日的审讯后，#香港 法院判决壹传媒集团创办人 #黎智英 串谋勾结外国势力等三项罪名成立。黎智英在2020年8月首次被捕，同年12月起被还押，至今已被关押逾5年。

#联合国 人权高专办 #OHCHR 随即对此判决深表遗憾，并表示此案凸显了高专办对安全法对媒体自由和公民空间影响的担忧。
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Mnemonic will join the #RightsX Summit in #Geneva on 10–11 Dec 2025. Hosted by #OHCHR, the hybrid event brings together global actors to explore how tech, data and collaboration can advance #HumanRights. Learn more and register: rightsx.ohchr.org

Another typical high-level event at #UNEA7 on environmental, industrial and social risks of critical minerals. Only governments, business and youth at the table.👎 No workers that actually are bearing the social and industrial risks.
@unep.org #OHCHR @ec.europa.eu @brsconventions.bsky.social

UN warns on voter surveillance ahead of Myanmar election - Sight Magazine The UN human rights office voiced concern on Friday that the Myanmar junta was pressuring people into voting in an election next month.

UN warns on voter surveillance ahead of Myanmar election @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Myanmar #Myanmarmilitaryjunta #Myanmarelection #votersurveillance #OHCHR #JamesRodehaver

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