The Myanmar junta is committing gross human rights violations against the people of Myanmar.

Today we commemorate the victims of the Holocaust, a crime of shocking inhumanity that brutally murdered six million Jews, as well as Roma and Sinti people, Slavs, people with disabilities, LGBT...

GENEVA (26 January 2022) - On the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, UN human rights experts* reiterate their calls to combat antisemitism and all forms of religious and racial...

People of African descent in Switzerland experience racial discrimination in various aspects of their lives, UN human rights experts found after visiting the country. “Racial profiling and police...

Geneva, The United Nations Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent thanks the Government of Switzerland for its invitation to visit the country and for its cooperation. We thank the...

Greetings. Thank you to the Prince Mahidol Award Foundation and its partners for convening this event. It is a pleasure to be participating. The world is at a critical juncture. We are entering the...

GENEVA (26 January 2022) – South Sudan’s human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the third time on Monday, 31 January...

GENEVA (26 January 2022) – Haiti’s human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the third time on Monday, 31 January 2022 in...