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Statements on the grave situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel
Below is the list of news releases, speeches, videos and other statements by the UN Human Rights Office and other UN human rights mechanisms regarding the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel since 7 October 2023.
For more information on the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel, see their country pages: State of Palestine | Israel
Office of the High Commissioner
Press releases, briefing notes, comments, opinion editorials
- Press releases | 19 June 2024
UN report: Israeli use of heavy bombs in Gaza raises serious concerns under the laws of war - Press briefing notes | 11 June 2024
Shock at impact on civilians of Israeli raid in Gaza to free hostages - Press releases | 04 June 2024
Türk condemns over 500 West Bank killings - Press releases | 27 May 2024
Gaza: Türk voices horror at loss of life in camp after Israeli strikes - Press releases | 12 May 2024
Urgent call for ceasefire and release of hostages
Statements and speeches
- Statement and speeches | 13 May 2024
Urgent call for ceasefire and release of hostages - Statement and speeches | 6 May 2024
Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territory: Rafah threat is inhumane, says UN Human Rights Chief - Statement and speeches | 14 April 2024
Türk condemns Iran's attacks on Israel, calls for de-escalation - Statement and speeches | 3 April 2024
Civil society and civilians must be protected in “harrowing” Gaza conflict, Deputy says - Statement and speeches | 29 February 2024
Türk calls for end to "carnage" in Gaza
Videos
- Press briefing I 16 November 2023
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk briefs States on his visit to the Middle East | OHCHR.
For continuity, please visit the UNOG Newsroom - Press conference I 10 November 2023
Press conference by UN High Commissioner Volker Türk at the end of his visit to Amman, Jordan - Media stakeout I 8 November 2023
Following his visit to the Rafah crossing, in Egypt, UN Human Rights chief Volker Türk, in Cairo said, “in Rafah I have witnessed the gates to a living nightmare,” Türk said. - Story I 8 November 2023
“The Rafah crossing has been the symbolic lifeline for the last month for the 2.3 million people in Gaza (..)These are the gates to a living nightmare.” Türk said during at Rafah Border Crossing in Egypt. - Story I 7 November 2023
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk began a visit to Egypt and the region.
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UN Mechanisms
Special Procedures
- Press Releases | 09 July 2024
UN experts declare famine has spread throughout Gaza strip - Press Releases | 3 June 2024
UN experts urge all States to recognise State of Palestine - Press Releases | 23 May 2024
Israel: UN expert calls for probe of allegations of torture and mistreatment against Palestinian detainees - Press Releases | 16 May 2024
UN expert horrified by death of Gazan orthopedic surgeon in Israeli detention - Press Releases | 10 May 2024
Israel/Gaza: Threats against the ICC promote a culture of impunity, say UN experts
Treaty Bodies
- Press Releases | 27 May 2024
Gaza: Palestinians with disabilities fear being killed first, says UN - Press Releases | 21 March 2024
Gaza: Halt the war now to save children from dying of imminent famine, UN Committee warns - Press Releases | 21 December 2023
Gaza Strip: States are obliged to prevent crimes against humanity and genocide, UN Committee stresses - Press Releases | 13 December 2023
State of Palestine and Israel must end violence against civilians and return to negotiation, UN ad hoc Conciliation Commission urges
Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel
- Press Releases | 27 October 2023
Grave violence in Israel and Gaza has outraged the conscience of humanity, UN Commission of Inquiry says - Statements and speeches | 24 October 2023
Statement by Navi Pillay, chair of the Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel (PDF) - Press Releases | 16 October 2023
Civilians are the primary victims of increased violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, says the UN Commission of Inquiry - Press Releases | 10 October 2023
Commission of Inquiry collecting evidence of war crimes committed by all sides in Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories since 7 October 2023