UN Human Rights Partners

This is the official account for @UNHumanRights' traditional and non-traditional partners. 🇺🇳🌍🌏🌎🤝

[UN Human Rights Partners @OHCHRPartners]

🚨 Human rights are under pressure worldwide — and funding gaps are putting protection at risk.

At the launch of the 2026 Annual Appeal, the UN Human Rights Chief thanked the 113 funding partners, who contributed to the 2025 budget and helped save and improve lives.

[UN Human Rights Partners @OHCHRPartners]

Excited to partner with BSR and leading companies 🤝 to advance human rights in AI.

Together, we are co‑creating practical guidance to embed human rights due diligence into AI product development, strengthening shared understanding and supporting meaningful impact 🌍

[UN Human Rights Partners @OHCHRPartners]

Freedom and equality belong to everyone 💙

Support @UNHumanRights in advancing protection and rights for #LGBTIQ+ people worldwide 🌈

Make a difference today 🙌
https://t.co/9q64sJUak7

[UN Free & Equal @free_equal]

Everyone - #LGBTIQ+ people included - deserves to be free & equal! 🏳️‍🌈

[UN Human Rights Partners @OHCHRPartners]

📢 Join us today, 2 June, for a discussion on how human rights-based approaches and stronger UN collaboration can drive more coherent and effective SDG implementation.

🕐 1:15–2:30PM EDT (New York) | 7:15–8:30PM CEST (Geneva)

🎥https://t.co/sLNJoXGrdi

#SDGs

[UN Human Rights Partners @OHCHRPartners]

Thank you 🙏 to the Silicon Valley Community Foundation for the contribution to the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Your support helps amplify Indigenous voices and strengthens our ability to advance Indigenous Peoples rights 🌍

[RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW CLIMATE @rhrn_climate]

Right Here Right Now Global Climate Youth Summit on June 5 #WorldEnvironmentDay.

With @UNHumanRights & @OxfordSBS.

Free. Virtual. → https://t.co/654fRq1iYZ

[UN Human Rights Partners @OHCHRPartners]

Thank you 🙏 Lithuania 🇱🇹 for contributing over $35K in 2026 through flexible funding and support for our #HumanRights work in Ukraine @UNHumanRightsUA

📢Help us protect & promote #HumanRights across the 🌍: https://t.co/4J4HFUNHW4

[UN Human Rights Asia @OHCHRAsia]

From policy to practice: @OHCHRAsia this week joined regional partners in Manila to strengthen ASEAN’s response to protect victims of trafficking for forced criminality.

Experts from across sectors worked together to develop practical tools that will:
✅ Identify victims earlier
✅ Strengthen frontline capacity
✅ Support implementation of the ASEAN Guideline on the Non‑Punishment Principle

@OHCHRAsia will continue supporting partners in the region for human rights-based responses to trafficking.

[Volker Türk @volker_turk]

This week, @UNHumanRights bids farewell to Assistant Secretary-General Ilze Brands Kehris, our deeply respected human rights voice in New York.

Dear Ilze, my heartfelt thanks for your outstanding work and support over the years. Wishing you all the very best for your next phase!

[UN Human Rights Partners @OHCHRPartners]

Thank you 🙏 Norway 🇳🇴 for our long-standing partnership and a generous contribution of ~$43 million to our #HumanRights work in 2026–2027.

Flexible and longer-term support is critical. It helps us to rapidly address urgent human rights issues around the 🌍

@NorwayMFA

[UN Human Rights Partners @OHCHRPartners]

Thank you 🙏 Ireland 🇮🇪 for contributing over $460K in 2026 to our #HumanRights work in Colombia 🇨🇴

@IrelandUNGeneva @dfatirl

📢 You can help us protect & promote #HumanRights across the 🌍: https://t.co/4J4HFUNHW4

[UN Human Rights @UNHumanRights]

The UN General Assembly endorsement of the International Court of Justice’s climate ruling is key - the climate crisis is also a human rights crisis and States have legal obligations to protect people and planet.
We now need urgent action – law reform, policy change, international cooperation and accountability – to stop the climate crisis from worsening and open paths towards reparations for those affected. - @volker_turk

[Volker Türk @volker_turk]

Wherever I go, I try to meet young people and learn from their perspectives. In Japan, it was a pleasure to speak with students at the University of Tokyo about the importance of human rights in addressing today’s global challenges.
@UTokyo_News

[UN Human Rights Partners @OHCHRPartners]

Thank you 🙏 the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 for contributing ~$200K to support our Office’s #humanrights work in 2026 and the UN Trust Funds for:

✅victims of Contemporary Forms of Slavery
✅Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States

@UKMissionGeneva @FCDOHumanRights

[Volker Türk @volker_turk]

Good to join @UN leaders in Tokyo for our first-ever meeting in Asia. On the agenda: global megatrends, climate, technological disruption, UN reform, and the central role of human rights in delivering for people around the world.

[UN Human Rights Partners @OHCHRPartners]

Thank you 🙏 the Republic of Korea 🇰🇷 for contributing USD 2.18M in 2026

This support advances #HumanRights in #AI, strengthens digital capacities for human rights investigations, and sustains UN funds helping victims of torture & contemporary slavery

@ROK_Mission @MOFAkr_eng

[Volker Türk @volker_turk]

A deep housing crisis is unfolding worldwide.

Cities are on the frontlines, and some are showing solutions are possible - through policies and budgets that put people first.

My message to @WUF_UNHabitat:
https://t.co/XLlz2Ma7On

[UN Human Rights Partners @OHCHRPartners]

Human rights in #humanitarian action:

Since Jan 2025, @UNHumanRights has trained 1,261 actors in Kenya to enhance #refugee protection, safety and dignity.

#accountability #monitoring #HumanRights

➡️https://t.co/EXI5udcj2C

[SwitzerlandUN @swiss_un]

Enlightening exchange today betw. Danielle Bell, Head @UN_HRMMU and the #HumanRights Conflict Prevention Caucus co-chaired by 🇨🇭& 🇩🇪 on how Human Rights monitoring, reporting & political engagement contribute to #ConflictPrevention & #SustainingPeace 🕊️@GermanyUN @UNHumanRights

[UN Human Rights Partners @OHCHRPartners]

Excellent échange aujourd’hui entre le Maire de @VilleDeGeneve, M. Alfonso Gomez, et @OHCHR_Palestine sur la situation des droits humains dans les territoires palestiniens occupés et le rôle des villes dans leur protection. Merci à la Ville de Genève pour son précieux soutien🤝

[UN Human Rights Partners @OHCHRPartners]

Valuable exchanges today between @JapanMissionGE and Ajith Sunghay, Head of @UNHumanRights in the OPT, on the #HumanRights situation and the Japan-funded project “Protection of Civilians and #HumanRights in the OPT”.

We deeply appreciate Japan’s 🇯🇵 support for @OHCHR_Palestine