UN staff, including eight OHCHR colleagues, detained in Yemen
OHCHR calls for their immediate release.
The World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, held in Durban in 2001, adopted the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action. It specifically requested the Commission on Human Rights to
The Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent was established in 2002 by the Commission on Human Rights resolution 2002/68 (as a Special Procedure). The mandate was subsequently renewed by the Commission on Human Rights and the Human Rights Council in its resolutions (CHR 2003/30, A/HRC/RES/9/14, A/HRC/RES/18/28, A/HRC/RES/27/25, A/HRC/RES/36/23, A/HRC/RES/45/24 and A/HRC/54/26).
More about the mandate of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent
The WGEPAD is composed of five independent experts appointed on the basis of equitable geographic representation. Members are elected for three years and can be renewed for one additional three-year mandate.
The Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent
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International Day for People of African Descent - Statement by the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent
4 September 2024
Statement by the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent
31 August 2023
WGEPAD public 32nd session on “Economic empowerment of people of African descent”
1-5 May 2023, PdN, Geneva
On 1 March 2023, the Working Group filed its Amicus Curiae (Mumia Abu-Jamal) before the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County Court, in Pennsylvania, USA.
UK country visit 18-27 January 2023
End of mission statement, including its preliminary findings and recommendations, 27 January 2023
Press conference video recording, 27 January 2023, London