Statements | OHCHR , UNOG
The Human Rights Council this morning adopted a resolution on the situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar.
Concerning the situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar, the Council calls upon Myanmar to ensure the protection of the human rights of all persons in Myanmar. The Council encourages the international community to continue to assist Bangladesh in the provision of humanitarian assistance to forcibly displaced Rohingya Muslims and other minorities until their return to Myanmar, and to assist Myanmar in the provision of humanitarian assistance to all affected persons of all communities displaced internally in Myanmar.
In a resolution (A/HRC/53/L.30/Rev.1) on the Situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar, adopted without a vote, the Council calls upon Myanmar to end immediately all violence and all violations of international law in the country; to ensure the protection of the human rights of all persons in Myanmar; to take all measures necessary to provide justice to victims and to ensure full accountability; to cooperate fully with and to grant full, unrestricted and unmonitored access to all United Nations mandate holders and human rights mechanisms; to create an environment conducive to the voluntary, safe, dignified and sustainable return of forcibly displaced Rohingya Muslims and other minorities of Myanmar; the Council also encourages the international community to continue to assist Bangladesh in the provision of humanitarian assistance to forcibly displaced Rohingya Muslims and other minorities until their return to Myanmar, and to assist Myanmar in the provision of humanitarian assistance to all affected persons of all communities displaced internally in Myanmar; requests the High Commissioner for Human Rights to present an oral update to the Council at its fifty-eighth session and a report at its fifty-ninth session, each to be followed by an interactive dialogue, and a report to the General Assembly at its seventy-ninth session; calls upon relevant United Nations bodies to continue to make concrete recommendations for action to resolve the humanitarian crisis; and decides to remain seized of the matter.
Speakers:
Resolution adopted with no vote
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Statements , Conferences | HRC
The Human Rights is holding an Urgent debate to “discuss the recent military aggression launched by Israel against the State of Qatar on 9 September 2025”.
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Statements | UNOG
Haut-Commissaire des Nations Unies aux droits de l'homme, Volker Türk - Dialogue interactif renforcé sur la République démocratique du Congo, 60e session du Conseil des droits de l'homme
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Statements , Conferences | HRC
Interactive dialogue on the situation of human rights in the Sudan.
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Statements , Conferences | HRC
"Women and girls face extreme forms of gender-based discrimination and oppression that amount to systematic gender persecution", said UN deputy rights chief at the enhanced interactive dialogue on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan.
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Statements , Conferences | HRC
"Government in Sri Lanka needs decisive action on justice and accountability, essential to forging a future of healing, reconciliation and sustainable peace," says UN rights chief at the interactive dialogue on the situation of human rights in the country.
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Statements , Conferences | HRC
UN rights chief condemns escalation of persecution of the Muslim Rohingya minority in Rakhine State at the enhanced interactive dialogue on the situation of human rights in the country.
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Statements , Conferences | HRC , UNOG
“We need to safeguard eighty years of progress on freedom, equality and justice”, said Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights at the opening of the 60th UN Human Rights Council session.
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Edited News , Statements , Images , Conferences | HRC , OCHA , UNOG
A record 383 aid workers were killed last year with hundreds more wounded, kidnapped and detained, the UN’s top aid official said on Tuesday in a call for accountability, at a solemn ceremony in Geneva to mark World Humanitarian Day.
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Press Conferences , Statements | UNEP
After 10 days of UN talks on plastic pollution, no consensus was reached; negotiations to continue.
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Statements , Press Conferences | OHCHR , UNOG
UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani at the Geneva press briefing in response to questions about US sanctions imposed on UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967, Francesca Albanese.
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Statements , Conferences | HRC
Interactive dialogue on oral presentation of the High Commissioner on Ukraine and interim report of the Secretary-General on human rights on Crimea
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Statements , Conferences | HRC
Interactive dialogue with Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967