On the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, we mark the International Decade for People of African Descent shedding light on the challenges faced by people of African descent and what is needed to achieve recognition, justice, and development.

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The Human Rights Committee has given top marks to five countries for their follow-up on recommendations to combat domestic and gender-based violence, prohibit torture, adopt a National Human Rights Plan, and protect people on the move.

Lual Mayen spent 22 years of his life in a refugee camp in Uganda after fleeing civil war in his home country, South Sudan. Today, he heads a company that creates video games to promote peace and a foundation to provide access to technology to those still living in refugee camps.