Overview
- News outlets reported conflicting themes for 2025, with some citing “Human Rights: Our Everyday Essentials/Needs” and others “Holocaust Remembrance for Dignity and Human Rights.”
- UNHCR reiterated a record estimate of 123 million people forcibly displaced worldwide due to persecution and conflict.
- The UN Human Rights Office in Seoul reported that conditions in the DPRK have not improved over the last decade and in many areas have worsened, with state control tightening further.
- Pakistan’s prime minister reaffirmed commitments to dignity, equality and inclusion, while India’s president called rights protection a shared civic duty, noted India’s unopposed UNHRC seat from 2026, and welcomed the NHRC’s new mobile app.
- Amnesty International criticized the U.S. administration for alleged rights abuses, as Russia’s Foreign Ministry accused Western states of instrumentalising human rights and urged cooperation grounded in international law.