UN high commissioner for human rights
- Dawn Clancy
- • March 28, 2023
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After many delays brought on by a devastating earthquake, shifting geopolitical alliances and paralyzing indecision among United Nations member states, the General Assembly met on Tuesday to debate the creation of an institution to help Syrian families learn the…
- Categories: General Assembly, Human Rights, Middle East, Secretary-General
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- Opinion by Vincent Ploton
- • December 22, 2022
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As Volker Turk, the new United Nations high commissioner for human rights, is in his second month in office, it’s a good moment to take stock of his early moves. Turk’s predecessors have all upheld the dominant UN discourse…
- Categories: Human Rights, OPINIONS
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- Damilola Banjo
- • December 2, 2022
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This week, we focus on the issues of intensifying violence in the Mideast raised separately by UN special envoys in the Security Council. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information…
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- Damilola Banjo
- • September 9, 2022
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Welcome back to our weekly summary, after a much-needed break in August, when we still produced amazing scoops, interviews and investigations (see the rundown below). This week, our focus is on the Security Council as France leads the primary…
- Categories: General Assembly, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN, Ukraine-Russia War
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- Opinion by Ben Donaldson  and Enyseh Teimory
- • July 19, 2022
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LONDON — A new United Nations high commissioner for human rights needs to be found, appointed by the General Assembly and be ready to begin work on Sept. 1. Anyone who meets the criteria set out in the UN’s…
- Categories: General Assembly, Human Rights, OPINIONS, Secretary-General
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- Anastasiia Carrier
- • May 9, 2022
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The presence of the Russian state-linked Wagner Group mercenaries in the diamond-rich Central African Republic has been bloody. Now it seems that Russia has used its power in the United Nations Security Council to protect its exploits and geostrategic…
- Categories: Africa, Human Rights, Security Council
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- Anna Bianca Roach
- • November 12, 2021
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PassBlue probes the global body granting licenses to mine the deep seas; UN staff detained in Ethiopia; global famine rises. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues facing the organization. The information is gathered from…
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- Barbara Crossette
- • March 9, 2020
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Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, who has been personally attacked by United States Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, is not planning to resign from her position, according to her office. Her term does not…
- Categories: Human Rights, US-UN Relations
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- Opinion by Brian Chang and Murray Hunt
- • December 5, 2019
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As protection of human rights seems to be sliding everywhere, the international human-rights system has responded by focusing on national implementation, to ensure that states’ international commitments are translated into meaningful changes felt by people on the ground. While…
- Categories: Human Rights, OPINIONS
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- Opinion by Bertrand Ramcharan
- • August 20, 2018
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The soul of the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights is being destroyed with the disappearance of human-rights justice in the world. Everyone should be concerned if not frightened. The appointment of Michelle Bachelet of Chile as UN high…
- Categories: Human Rights, International Justice, OPINIONS
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- Barbara Crossette
- • August 8, 2018
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United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has nominated Michelle Bachelet, a former president of Chile, to become the next UN high commissioner for human rights. The nomination has been sent to the General Assembly for approval. Bachelet, who is 66,…
- Categories: Human Rights, Secretary-General, Women
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • July 20, 2018
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Capping a week of neck-wrenching U-turns by the president of the United States after his pro-Russia speech in Helsinki on Monday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with the 15-member United Nations Security Council in New York on July…
- Categories: Geopolitics, Human Rights, Security Council, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations
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- Irwin Arieff
- • July 3, 2018
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It’s a poor workman who blames his tools, a popular French proverb cautions. But that’s just what Ambassador Nikki Haley has been doing in trying to justify Washington’s exit from the Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Council. Haley has…
- Categories: Human Rights, Nikki Haley Watch, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations
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- Opinion by Bertrand Ramcharan
- • June 26, 2018
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There is a crisis in the United Nations human-rights system. Secretary-General António Guterres can lead the way out of it. Indeed, the world continues to look to the UN secretary-general to stand up for the principles of the organization….
- Categories: General Assembly, Human Rights, OPINIONS, Secretary-General
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- Opinion by Bertrand Ramcharan
- • April 3, 2018
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When the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted 70 years ago, the hopes of its drafters and of people across the globe was that it would help transform the world into a place of freedom and justice. Sadly, the…
- Categories: OPINIONS
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