Thai civil societyAugust 30, 2023NEWS RELEASE (English/Thai) – UN Human Rights Office welcomes court ruling dismissing criminal defamation case against women human rights defenders in Thailand
OHCHRJune 2, 2023NEWS RELEASE – States must join efforts to put human rights at the center to end plastic pollution, UN Human Rights Offices say
Dari Dapur teamMay 25, 2023NEWS RELEASE – ‘Everyone has a migration story’ : UN human Rights Office brings#StandUp4Migrants to Malaysia
OHCHRFebruary 9, 2023NEWS RELEASE – Asia and the Pacific regional seminar to spotlight the role development plays in promoting and protecting human rights for all
Navesh Chitrakar/REUTERSDecember 16, 2022NEWS RELEASE – UN Human Rights report urges re-think of temporary labour migration programmes
REUTERS/Feline LimDecember 3, 2022NEWS RELEASE – Singapore: UN Human Rights Office welcomes repealing of Section 377A of the Penal Code and decriminalisation of consensual sexual relation between men
OHCHROctober 31, 2022NEWS RELEASE (ENG/THAI): UN Human Rights Office welcomes Thailand’s enactment of the Prevention and Suppression of Torture and Enforced Disappearances Act
OHCHRJune 2, 2022NEWS RELEASE: Fifty years after the Stockholm Declaration, world must step up efforts to protect the right to a healthy environment
OHCHRMay 16, 2022NEWS RELEASE: Asia Pacific States must do more to protect migrants, UN Human Rights Office says in new report
OHCHRMay 16, 2022NEWS RELEASE: Asia Pacific States must do more to protect migrants, UN Human Rights Office says in new report
ReutersApril 18, 2022NEWS RELEASE – Viet Nam: UN entities concerned by arrest and sentencing of environmental human rights defenders
UNNovember 23, 2021NEWS RELEASE: Enhancing children’s rights to a safe climate, clean air and a healthy environment
ReutersOctober 4, 2021NEWS RELEASE (ENG/THAI): Thailand should promptly enact legislation criminalizing torture, enforced disappearance, UN Human Rights Office says
OHCHRAugust 9, 2021NEWS RELEASE: New social contract is needed to protect indigenous peoples’ rights, say the UN Human Rights Offices for Asia and the Pacific
EPA-EFEJune 30, 2021NEWS RELEASE: United Nations entities concerned by arrest of environmental human rights defenders in Cambodia
Getty ImagesJune 4, 2021NEWS RELEASE: Governments in Asia-Pacific must ensure indigenous participation to protect environment, restore ecosystems, UN Human Rights Offices say
UNICEF/KadyrbekovDecember 18, 2020PRESS RELEASE: Migrants in Asia and the Pacific at higher risk of COVID-19 and its socio-economic fallout
OHCHRNovember 30, 2020MEDIA STATEMENT: Comment by UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani on Papua and West Papua, Indonesia
AFPAugust 28, 2020NEWS RELEASE (ENG/THAI): UN Human Rights Office for South-East Asia urges States to criminalize enforced disappearance, ratify convention
AFPAugust 28, 2020NEWS RELEASE: Nuclear legacy must not endanger rights of future generations, UN Human Rights Office says
EPAAugust 25, 2020NEWS RELEASE: As election looms, Myanmar has opportunity to take new path, says UN Human Rights Office official
PexelsJuly 16, 2020NEWS RELEASE (ENG/THAI): UN Human Rights Office urges Thailand to promptly enact torture and disappearance law fully incorporating international standards
July 10, 2020NEWS RELEASE: Protecting the human rights of migrants in the Pacific essential in COVID-19 recovery process, UN agencies say
EPAJune 19, 2020NEWS RELEASE: UN Human Rights Office urges Myanmar to restore internet access in Rakhine, Chin States amid COVID-19 pandemic
OHCHRJune 12, 2020VOICES FROM THE FIELD: Build “resilient and inclusive” societies, standing together with migrants
AFPJune 8, 2020NEWS RELEASE: Thailand – UN Human Rights Office welcomes acquittal of human rights defenders
June 5, 2020NEWS RELEASE: Governments across Asia-Pacific must protect human rights in the environment, UN Human Rights Offices say
OHCHR/Todd PitmanJune 4, 2020NEWS RELEASE: Philippines: UN report details widespread human rights violations and persistent impunity
EPAApril 9, 2020NEWS RELEASE: UN Human Rights Office urges Asia-Pacific States to release detained migrants, suspend forced returns amid COVID-19 crisis
AFPMarch 18, 2020NEWS RELEASE (ENG/THAI): UN Human Rights Office condemns attacks in Thailand during COVID-19 meeting
Getty ImagesNovember 13, 2019NEWS RELEASE: UN Human Rights Office welcomes progress on Thai enforced disappearance case, urges government to do more
October 5, 2019MEDIA STATEMENT: UN Human Rights Chief calls on Malaysians to spurn racial, religious hatred
September 9, 2019NEWS RELEASE: Thailand – UN Human Rights Office Recognizes Progress in Enforced Disappearance Case
OHCHRAugust 22, 2019NEWS RELEASE: UN Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar Calls for Justice for Victims of Sexual and Gender-based Violence
EPAAugust 5, 2019NEWS RELEASE: UN Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar exposes military business ties, calls for sanctions, arms embargoes
OHCHRJune 5, 2019MEDIA STATEMENT: “Without fear of violence, intimidation or reprisals” – Protecting the work of environmental defenders
May 14, 2019NEWS RELEASE: UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar urges financial isolation of Myanmar military
OHCHRDecember 20, 2018NEWS RELEASE: UN Human Rights Office urges Thailand to enact torture and disappearance law
OHCHROctober 24, 2018NEWS RELEASE: The UN Human Rights Office for South-East Asia calls on the Singaporean Government to halt the imminent execution
OHCHRJune 19, 2018NEWS RELEASE: UN Human Rights Office expresses dismay at the resumption of death penalty in Thailand
OHCHRMay 2, 2018NEWS RELEASE – The UN Human Rights Office calls on Thailand to end restrictions on activists raising critical human rights issues
OHCHRApril 17, 2018NEWS RELEASE: Thailand – OHCHR concerned with the lack of progress on the investigation of the enforced disappearance case
OHCHRMarch 16, 2018NEWS RELEASE: UN Human Rights Office condemns execution for drug-related offences in Singapore
OHCHRFebruary 28, 2018NEWS RELEASE: We want to reduce executions in South East Asia – UN high-level human rights rep
OHCHRFebruary 19, 2018NEWS RELEASE: Drug-related offences, criminal justice responses and the death penalty in South East Asia
OHCHRFebruary 5, 2018Statement: UN Human Rights Chief, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein Jakarta Conversation on the 70th Year of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights
OHCHRFebruary 2, 2018UN Human Rights Chief to visit Indonesia (5-7 Feb), Papua New Guinea (8 Feb) and Fiji (9-12 Feb)
OHCHRNovember 29, 2017NEWS RELEASE: Thailand – UN Human Rights Office calls for the immediate release of all arrested during a coal plant protest
OHCHROctober 20, 2017NEWS RELEASE: UN Human Rights Office calls on the Government of Singapore to drop charges against performance artist and activist
OHCHRSeptember 15, 2017NEWS RELEASE – UN Human Rights Office welcomes payout to migrant workers in Thailand, says criminal charges should be dropped
OHCHRAugust 1, 2017NEWS RELEASE: UN Human Rights Office urges Thailand to drop cases against women human rights defenders
OHCHRJuly 12, 2017NEWS RELEASE: UN Human Rights Office calls on Singapore to halt execution for drugs charges
OHCHRJune 23, 2017NEWS RELEASE: UN Human Rights Office concerned by the harsh sentencing of three activists in Lao PDR
OHCHRJune 7, 2017NEWS RELEASE: UN Human Rights Office welcomes orderly communal vote in Cambodia, calls for re-opening civil society space
OHCHRMay 23, 2017NEWS RELEASE: UN Human Rights Office urges Malaysian Government to investigate disappearance cases of religious community workers
OHCHRMay 5, 2017NEWS RELEASE: UN Human Rights Office concerned by arrests of three Turkish nationals in Malaysia on security related charges
OHCHRMay 4, 2017NEWS RELEASE: UN Human Rights Office calls on Thailand to end arbitrary arrests and detentions of political activists
OHCHRMarch 15, 2017NEWS RELEASE: UN Human Rights Office condemns secretive executions of two brothers in Malaysia
OHCHRMarch 7, 2017NEWS RELEASE: UN Human Rights Office hails decision by Thailand to drop cases against three leading human rights defenders
OHCHRFebruary 22, 2017NEWS RELEASE: UN Human Rights Office concerned by Malaysia conviction over film screening
OHCHRNovember 28, 2016NEWS RELEASE: UN Human Rights Office concerned that killers of Thai activists not brought to justice
OHCHRNovember 22, 2016NEWS RELEASE: UN Human Rights Office concerned by arrests of three activists in Viet Nam
OHCHRNovember 17, 2016NEWS RELEASE: UN Human Rights Office calls on Singapore to halt execution of Nigerian national
OHCHRNovember 3, 2016NEWS RELEASE: UN Human Rights Office welcomes the Supreme Court decision to dismiss criminal defamation case of labour rights activist
OHCHRSeptember 30, 2016NEWS RELEASE: UN Human Rights Office congratulates prominent Thai academic on becoming UN’s first SOGI Independent Expert
OHCHRSeptember 20, 2016NEWS RELEASE: UN Human Rights Office concerned by sentencing of labour rights activist by Bangkok court
OHCHRSeptember 13, 2016NEWS RELEASE – UN Human Rights Office welcomes Thailand decision to end prosecution of civilians in military courts
OHCHRJuly 1, 2016NEWS RELEASE: UN Human Rights Office in Bangkok welcomes new mandate on SOGI by Human Rights Council
OHCHRMay 25, 2016NEWS RELEASE: UN Human Rights Office welcomes Thailand decision to criminalize torture, enforced disappearances
OHCHRMay 5, 2016NEWS RELEASE: UN Human Rights Office concerned about implications of environmental disaster in Viet Nam
OHCHRApril 5, 2016NEWS RELEASE: UN Human Rights Office concerned by ongoing use of death penalty in Singapore
OHCHRMarch 24, 2016NEWS RELEASE: UN Human Rights Office concerned by convictions against Vietnam bloggers
OHCHRMarch 18, 2016NEWS RELEASE: UN Human Rights Office deeply concerned by conviction over Facebook post in Cambodia
OHCHRMarch 11, 2016NEWS RELEASE: In Thailand’s far south, OHCHR calls for protection of civilians and medics at all times
OHCHRJanuary 22, 2016NEWS RELEASE: OHCHR calls on Thai authorities to drop all charges against student activists
OHCHRJanuary 21, 2016NEWS RELEASE: OHCHR says encouraged by Cambodia decision to register Montagnards for refugee status
OHCHRDecember 1, 2015NEWS RELEASE: OHCHR says concerned about arrest of Viet Nam human rights defender
OHCHRNovember 24, 2015NEWS RELEASE: OHCHR calls for Thailand to stop civilian detentions in military barracks
OHCHROctober 9, 2015NEWS RELEASE: UN Human Rights Office concerned by criminalization of transgender women in Malaysia
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