The UN Human Rights Regional Office for Europe works with civil society organizations and the French Government to change the policy of forced evictions of migrant Roma in France.

Recognizing that people of African descent are a distinct group particularly vulnerable to racism, racial discrimination and xenophobia is essential to increasing their visibility and enabling them to realize their human rights, say UN human rights experts.

Foreign ministers call for worldwide respect of the human rights of LGBT people at the first ministerial UN meeting on that issue.

Rights experts at the Human Rights Council discuss remaining challenges and objectives for the first World Conference on Indigenous Peoples’ Rights scheduled for September 2014.