50th anniversary of the international human rights covenants: A celebration and appraisal, 15 December 2016 - Message by the Deputy High Commissioner
December 15, 2016Statement by the High Commissioner at the General Assembly commemorative event to mark the 50th anniversary of the Human Rights Covenants
October 19, 2016The Human Rights Covenants, now 50 years old, are our most precious legacy.
Picturing freedom: UN Human Rights Office announces winners of children’s poster competition
March 11, 2016The UN Human Rights Office has today announced the two winners of a poster contest for children to illustrate what freedom means to them.
High Commissioner calls for end to pressure on human rights
February 29, 2016Likening human rights violations to seismic signals that come before an earthquake, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein called on leaders to take actions now to relieve the pressure on rights or face future explosive consequences.
Human Rights Council High-level Panel to Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the International Human Rights Covenants
February 29, 2016"What connects us is much stronger than what divides us. People everywhere, have the same hopes and the same rights. The two great Covenants that we celebrate today commit States to ensure respect for the rights of all their people..."
“As the Covenants turn 50, it is time to turn norms into action — UN experts”
December 10, 2015Amid large-scale atrocities and widespread abuses across the world, Human Rights Day should rally more concerted global action to promote the timeless principles that we have collectively pledged to uphold. ...
Pledge to uphold freedoms, UN human rights experts urge States
© UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré9 December 2015UN experts have urged all States to ratify two key human rights treaties that celebrate their 50th anniversary in 2016, as a concrete commitment to the freedoms enshrined in the texts.
UN Secretary-General’s Message for Human Rights Day
© UN Photo/Evan SchneiderDecember 9, 2015Amid large-scale atrocities and widespread abuses across the world, Human Rights Day should rally more concerted global action to promote the timeless principles that we have collectively pledged to uphold. ...
For Human Rights Day, Zeid calls for universal ratification and respect for the ‘bedrock’ human rights treaties
© UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré8 December 2015Two fundamental human rights treaties adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1966 are as important and relevant today as they were half a century ago and should be ratified by all States, UN High Commissioner Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said in a message for Human Rights Day.