People of African descent in Portugal experience systemic racism in similar ways despite varied individual circumstances, UN human rights experts found after visiting the country. “Portuguese identity...

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

The UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent will carry out a fact-finding visit to Portugal from 29 November to 6 December 2021. "We will gather information on any forms of racism...

UN human rights experts* have condemned the United States of America’s recent and ongoing systematic mass deportation of Haitian migrants and refugees, and cautioned that such collective expulsions...

GENEVA (5 October 2020) – People of African descent in all parts of the world face environmental racism, a group of UN experts has told the Human Rights Council in Geneva. "Despite our stated...

22 September 2021 On the twentieth anniversary of the DDPA, it is well past time to make the promise of the DDPA into a reality. The Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent welcomes the...

In the present report, the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent presents its conclusions and recommendations of its twenty-eighth session, on “Environmental justice, the climate crisis and people of African descent”, held from 24 to 26 March 2021.

As we mark this first International Day for People of African Descent, the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent join the world in celebrating the contributions of people of African...

In the present report, the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent presents the summary of discussions held at its twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh sessions.