human rights

The United Kingdom is committed to development partnerships founded on mutual respect that support national efforts to reduce poverty and…

The FDFA and EAER are jointly coordinating the NAP 2020–2023 for the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business…

According to a recent evaluation, Finland's development cooperation has promoted the rights of vulnerable populations in partner countries. The commitment…

France vigorously denounces the sentencing in absentia of Russian journalist Marina Ovsyannikova to eight and a half years in prison.…

Norway in Geneva partook in two statements in the interactive dialogue with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights oral…

Delegations including the European Union, Finland, Canada and Costa Rica condemned the violence, while numerous other countries urged the military…

Sri Lanka has made important recent commitments on land issues and devolution of political authority. We encourage Sri Lanka to…

The secretary general of the Council of Europe, Marija Pejčinović Burić, visited Switzerland on Thursday, 7 September, and met with…

After four months of war in Sudan, UN humanitarians on Tuesday called for action to be taken to end the…

More than 30 independent UN human rights experts have called for the international community to recommit to support the people…

As this year the International Day is dedicated to “Indigenous Youth as Agents of Change for Self-determination”, we pay in…

This 9 August marks the third anniversary of the fraudulent presidential elections in Belarus. On this day three years ago,…

The new sentence imposed on jailed Russian politician Alexei Navalny on Friday raises renewed serious concerns about judicial harassment and…

The experts, including Vitit Muntarbhorn, Special Rapporteur on human rights in the country, warned that the shrinking democratic space and repressive…

For the month of August, the United States will serve as President of the United Nations Security Council, a position that rotates every…

On Monday 17 July, on the margins of the EU-CELAC Summit, the High Representative/Vice-President, Josep Borrell, and the Minister of…

Today, High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell and Foreign Minister of Ecuador Gustavo Manrique, signed in Brussels, in the presence of the…

Everyone has the right to a trial by a competent, independent, and impartial tribunal. The use of a military tribunal…

On 27 January 2023, 118 States participated in the Human Rights Council UPR of Switzerland in Geneva. In the review,…

The modernised EU-Chile agreement has today taken a step towards ratification, with the Commission sending the Advanced Framework Agreement (AFA)…

France utterly condemns the violent attack on journalist Ms Yelena Milashina and her lawyer, Mr Aleksandr Nemov, while they were in…

The 17th human rights dialogue with China took place on 3 and 4 July in Switzerland. The two countries' delegations…

Russian authorities continue their systematic oppression and disregard of human rights of their own citizens. Repressive legislation and politically motivated…

The tenth meeting of the EU-Tajikistan Cooperation Council will take place in Luxembourg on 26 June, and will be chaired by…

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, visited Mexico on 15 June 2023 to meet President Andrés Manuel López…

The situation for Syrian refugees and for their host communities in neighbouring countries has become no easier, quite the contrary. 

A broad and blanket exemption to the right of direct access to personal data in criminal matters is not compatible…

On the occasion of the ministerial meeting, the EU and the US agreed on a list of key outcomes to…

Anti-Homosexuality Act introduces severe punishments, including the death penalty to which the EU is opposed in all circumstances.

16 May 2023 The Management Board of the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) has...

Brussels, 16 May 2023 Today, the Council gave the final go-ahead to a regulation that...

Oslo, 15 May 2023 Ladies and gentlemen, I am very grateful for this opportunity to address...

Bern, 12 May 2023 For the fourth time in the 74-year history of the Council...

Brussels, 5 May 2023 The European Union noted the recent early dismissal of the Kyrgyz...

Brussels, 21 April 2023 Due to the Iranian regime’s continued crackdown on opposition, MEPs will...

Brussels, 20 April 2023 On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted three resolutions on the respect...

Bern, 4 April 2023 Switzerland presented two resolutions during the 52. session of the UN...

Brussels, 3 April 2023 Mines are part of the worst consequences of war: they contaminate...

Brussels, 3 April 2023 The EU has allocated €9 million to assist Burundian refugees in...

Brussels, 28 March 2023 The Greater Horn of Africa region is facing multiple and overlapping...

Brussels, 23 March 2023 The EU expresses solidarity with the historical, educational, charitable and human...

 11.03.2023 EEAS Press Team Russia’s illegal war of aggression against Ukraine is accompanied by ever increasing...

Brussels, 3 March 2023 Today, a Minsk Court sentenced members of the Viasna Human Rights...

Brussels, 28 February 2023 The European Union (EU) reiterates its ambition to continue developing a...

Brussels, 28 February 2023 MEPs have taken stock of the ever-evolving relations between the two...

Brussels, 27 February 2023 Around the world, non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) are at the forefront supporting those who are...

Brussels, 16 February 2023 After releasing and deporting 222 political prisoners to the US last...

Helsinki, 13 February 2023 Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin visited Luxembourg on 10 February at...

Brussels, 6 February 2023 The Council has today adopted a series of decisions extending the...

Brussels, 23 January 2023 Today, EU Council decided to add 18 individuals and 19 entities to the list...