GENEVA (26 March 2019) – Plans to press ahead with the redevelopment of the Seven Sisters Indoor Market in London threaten the cultural rights of residents and traders who are mainly of minority...

Spanish GENEVA (26 March 2019) – The murder of Costa Rican human rights defender and indigenous leader Sergio Rojas Ortiz, has been condemned by UN human rights experts*. Mr. Rojas had, for more than...

Racism: UN experts condemn mosque attacks, urge action against nationalist populism and supremacist ideologies GENEVA (21 March 2019) – States must take urgent, concerted action to achieve racial...

Spanish Buenos Aires, 18 March 2019 The Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent thanks the Government of Argentina for its invitation to visit the country from 11 to 18 March 2019, and...

​ Spanish GENEVA / BUENOS AIRES (18 March 2019) — Argentina must address the long-standing invisibility and persistent structural discrimination faced by Afro-Argentines, people of African descent and...

GENEVA (14 March 2019) – States fighting the world drug problem must acknowledge the devastating impact of their methods on people of African descent, and amend them as necessary, says a group of UN...

Law affects traditional communities who passed down land for generations Revenues from resource extraction going to army and its allies Alleged crimes committed in Myanmar must be referred to ICC...

Spanish GENEVA (8 March 2019) – The United Nations Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent will carry out a fact-finding visit to Argentina from 11 to 18 March 2019. “We will gather...

Human Rights Council MORNING 6 March 2019 Council Continues its Interactive Clustered Dialogue on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and of Persons with Albinism The Human Rights Council this...