Reports

(Ukraine, 3 March 2022). In Ukraine, humanitarian needs are growing and spreading rapidly as military operations also intensify. The United Nations and our humanitarian partners are committed to scaling up support for people across Ukraine, particularly…

2 March 2022 – After weeks of heightened tensions and escalating conflict in eastern Ukraine, on 24 February the Russian Federation began a full-scale military intervention across the country. The armed violence escalated in at least…

Mariia Shostak is a 25-year-old woman living in Kyiv who started having contractions on 24 February, the day the Russian Federation launched a military offensive in Ukraine. I had a complicated pregnancy so I went to the…

Geneva, 3 March 2022 Mr President, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and gentlemen, I am delivering this statement on behalf of the Coordination Committee of Special Procedures. As the world continue to watch with despair the disastrous impact of the military attack…

49th session of the Human Rights Council Urgent debate on the situation of human rights in Ukraine stemming from the Russian aggression Statement by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 3 March 2022 Distinguished President, Excellencies, Colleagues and Friends, One week…

Statement by Jan Egeland, Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council: “We call for an immediate truce that can end hostilities and enable life-saving relief. This ceasefire must end the fierce fighting in and around densely populated…

Two-year-old Danilo* fled Ukraine to Romania with his mother and sister. They are staying at a Reception Centre where Save the Children is running child-friendly spaces where children can play and recover from the traumatic experiences…

Geneva - I am alarmed about verified credible reports of discrimination, violence and xenophobia against third country nationals attempting to flee the conflict in Ukraine. Let me be clear, discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality…

Geneva -- The official and media European positions towards the Ukraine crisis, which resulted in a refugee crisis, have exposed a deep-rooted racist European policy that excludes and discriminates against non-European ethnicities, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor…

The humanitarian crisis faced by children caught up in the Ukraine conflict is multiplying by the hour and children are at risk. Stephen Omollo, Chief Executive of Plan International, said: "The humanitarian crisis faced by children caught up…