Non-official UN languages: Portuguese Português (Word) RIO DE JANEIRO (8 December 2023) – Brazil’s Government must end the brutal violence being inflicted on people of African descent by the country’s...

Non-official UN languages: Portuguese Português (Word) GENEVA (24 November 2023) – Members of the International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in the Context of...

GENEVA (28 September 2023) – Systemic racism against people of African descent pervades America’s police forces and criminal justice system, and US authorities must urgently step up efforts to reform...

We are extremely alarmed that at least 43 people were killed, including a policeman, and 56 injured during demonstrations on Wednesday in Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. We have...

The report of the Expert Mechanism focuses on reimagining policing and explores ways to adopt alternative and complementary methods of policing that can contribute to close trust deficits with the communities served. The report also includes an overview of the Mechanism’s activities in the intersessional period.

The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the seventh periodic report of Spain, with Committee Experts praising the State’s improved management of irregular migrant arrivals...

The UN Human Rights Office is very concerned by the widespread violence, and allegations of unnecessary or disproportionate use of force, including the use of firearms, by police during protests in...

In response to press queries We are concerned by the killing of a 17-year-old of North African descent by police in France on Tuesday. We note that an investigation has been launched into alleged...

WASHINGTON (5 May 2023) - The UN International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice in the Context of Law Enforcement ended a 12-day visit to the United States of America on Friday...

GENEVA (4 May 2023) –The International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in the Context of Law Enforcement will hold a press conference in Washington D.C. on 5 May...