“If people say, “We are in this together,” then we should really all be in this together,” Nwanneakolam Vwede-Obahor, head of UN Human Rights’ East Africa Regional Office, says of the response to the pandemic.

“Human rights work is all about people and the bonds we create,” said Ricardo Neves a UN Human Rights staffer working in Mexico. During the pandemic, Ricardo’s work has centered on shedding light on the plight of human rights defenders and journalists and supporting those affected by emergency measures and the longstanding violence throughout the country.