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News on the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Israel and Lebanon
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, Israel and Lebanon since 7 October 2023.
For more information on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Israel and Lebanon see their country pages: State of Palestine | Israel | Lebanon
Office of the High Commissioner
Press releases, briefing notes, comments
- Press release | 02 October 2026
Checkpoints in the occupied West Bank choking Palestinian life, warns UN expert - Press release | 25 September 2026
UN Human Rights updates list of companies involved in Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territory - Press release | 15 September 2026
Türk says recovery of remains in Gaza three years later adds to Palestinian trauma - Press release | 04 September 2026
Israeli forces expelled Palestinian refugees from three West Bank camps, in violation of international law – UN report - Press release | 11 August 2026
Lebanon: abolition of death penalty - Press release | 29 July 2026
Alarmed by worsening West Bank violence, revenge calls by Israeli leaders
Statements and speeches
- Statement and speeches | 18 May 2026
Occupied Palestinian territory: UN report on large-scale violations, including atrocity crimes - Statement and speeches | 26 February 2026
High Commissioner Türk on the Occupied Palestinian Territory: The absence of accountability is nothing short of shameful - Statement and speeches | 16 September 2025
High Commissioner Türk: Israel's strike on negotiators in Doha a shocking breach of international law - Statement and speeches | 3 April 2025
Türk warns UN Security Council of increasing risk of atrocity crimes being committed in the Occupied Palestinian Territory - Statement and speeches | 26 February 2025
HC Türk on Occupied Palestinian Territory: “Any plans for a better future must deal with the past, so accountability is crucial.”
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 | 7 September 2026
Gaza: UN expert warns Israeli rubble-clearing could erase traces of atrocity crimes - Press Releases | 12 August 2026
Israel: UN expert concerned “parental alienation” being misused to discredit mothers in abuse cases - Press Releases | 10 August 2026
UN experts condemn escalation in attacks against Palestinians in Gaza and West Bank - Press Releases | 24 July 2026
Iran: UN experts alarmed by renewed escalation of hostilities, call for accountability - Press Releases | 22 July 2026
Lebanon: UN experts alarmed by killings, displacement and gender-specific harm as Israel escalates hostilities
Treaty Bodies
- Press Releases | 01 May 2026
Israel’s discriminatory death penalty law marks grave human rights retrogression, UN anti-racism committee warns - Press Releases | 24 December 2025
State of Palestine v Israel: UN anti-racism panel calls on States to act - Press Releases | 9 September 2025
Gaza: UN child rights committee condemns using starvation of children as weapon of war - Press Releases | 21 May 2025
Gaza: UN Child Rights Committee condemns mass starvation of children amid aid blockades - Press Releases | 9 May 2025
Gaza: UN anti-racism committee decries halt to food aid, urges immediate humanitarian access