Volker Türk of Austria is the current High Commissioner for Human Rights, and took up his duties 17 October 2022. He was appointed as High Commissioner for Human Rights by the United …

High Commissioner launches appeal for 2025: "Human rights must be one of the top priorities across the globe"

The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN Human Rights) is the leading UN entity on human rights. We represent the world's commitment to the promotion and protection …

The New York Office represents the High Commissioner at United Nations Headquarters in New York and promotes the integration of human rights in policy processes and activities …

5 days ago · On this day, 80 years ago, some 7,000 prisoners who had been left to starve in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camps were liberated by allied soldiers. …

The lead on protecting peoples’ human rights is taken by the UN’s human rights office, officially the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). The entity is responsible to …

13 hours ago · The UN high commissioner for human rights said his 2,000 staff members working across 92 countries had undertaken around 11,000 human rights monitoring missions and had …

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

On this Human Rights Day, under the universal call to action "Stand Up for Human rights," the UN and change agents worldwide aim to celebrate the potential of youth as constructive agents...

Jan 11, 2025 · Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), department of the United Nations (UN) created to aid and protect human rights. The UN …