GENEVA (28 April 2021) – UN experts* today called on Nigerian authorities to comply with the decision of the Federal High Court to release the prominent humanist and rights defender Mubarak Bala on...

Français | Español GENEVA (23 April 2021) – The Americas Regional Forum on conflict prevention and the protection of the human rights of minorities in the region, convened by the UN Special Rapporteur...

Français GENEVA (21 April 2021) - UN human rights experts* today called on Switzerland to repatriate two sisters, aged 9 and 14, who are being held at a squalid camp in north-eastern Syria after they...

GENEVA (7 April 2021) – The Roma minority this year celebrate 50 years since the first World Romani Congress in 1971. The UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues, Fernand de Varennes, issues the...

中文 GENEVA (29 March 2021) – UN human rights experts* today raised serious concerns about the alleged detention and forced labour of Muslim Uyghurs in China, calling for unhindered access to the...

GENEVA (23 March 2021) – United Nations human rights experts said today digitalisation and the COVID-19 pandemic had facilitated a new wave of stigma, racism, xenophobia and hate targeting minorities...

GENEVA (15 March 2021) – Social media have become platforms for the spread of hate, prejudice and incitement to violence and atrocities against minorities, a UN expert told the Human Rights Council...

AFTERNOON 15 March 2021 The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with Fernand de Varennes, Special Rapporteur on minority issues, who echoed the words of the Secretary...

In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on minority issues, Fernand de Varennes, provides an overview of his activities since his previous report (A/HRC/43/47), and a thematic report in which he addresses the widespread targeting of minorities through hate speech in social media.

GENEVA (26 February 2021) – UN human rights experts* today called on the US Government to adopt wide ranging reforms to put an end to police violence, and to vigorously address systemic racism and...