The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined 10 th to 12 th periodic reports of the United States of America, with Committee Experts...

This is the first report of the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism, Muluka-Anne Miti-Drummond, who took up her functions on 1 August 2021.

UPDATE 12 March 2021 – Montenegro incident Following reports in early March of an attack against a member of the LGBTI community in Montenegro, we now understand that new information has come to light...

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 24 November 2020 The killing of João Alberto Silveira Freitas, an Afro-descendent beaten to death...

Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day, 2 August 2020 GENEVA (30 July 2020) – Intimidation and aggression directed at Roma minorities has risen alarmingly in recent years and States must do more to prevent...

16 August 2019 - Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination raised issues concerning nationalist groups and endangered languages as it considered the combined twenty-third...

7 August 2019 - The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twenty-second to twenty-fourth report of Poland on its implementation of the...

Mr Patrick Thornberry was appointed as Chair of the seventh session of the Forum that focused on “Preventing and addressing violence and atrocity crimes targeted against minorities”. It took place on...

Antisemitism; colonialism; Durban declaration; fellowship programme; neo-Nazism; people of African descent; police brutality; racial discrimination; racial prejudice and incitement to racial hatred; racial justice and equality