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Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

04 April 2025

An effective and humane approach to drug policies

Supported by UN Human Rights, countries are adopting drug polices that shift away from punishment and criminalization towards a more humane and effective approach that focuses on health and human rights. In Scotland, a charter enshrines the rights for people affected by substance use.
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28 June 2024

Sexual orientation and gender identity

Podcast: Speaking out on equality for all

Twin Towers: Decorated water towers serve as an emblematic icon of Soweto township, just outside Johannesburg in South Africa. Credit: Michael Schofield/Unsplash

17 April 2024

Racism

30 years on, South Africa still dismantling racism and apartheid’s legacy

2023 award winner Bianca Batlle Nguema painting in her workshop in Tiana, a village close to Barcelona, Spain. © Martina Orobitg and Ariadna Tarifa

12 February 2024

Memory meets art in International Contest for Minority Artists

Noman Al Hothaifi during an interview with UN Human Rights. © UN Human Rights

06 April 2023

People of African descent

“It is my obligation to stand against injustice.”

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Still of Zulaikha Patel speaking about social justice before the former Deputy Minister of the Presidency at the South African Union Building in Pretoria. © IG @zulaikhapatel

20 March 2023

It’s not just hair, it’s a statement of identity

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Monique Rodrigues do Prado in front of the Broken Chair sculpture and flags at Palais des Nations, UN headquarters in Geneva, December 2022. © Monique Rodrigues do Prado

14 March 2023

People of African descent

Choosing love and finding power in Blackness

A young woman, who escaped a forced marriage, is seen at the Catholic nuns' shelter, Sainte Maria Goretti, where she now lives in Kaya, Burkina Faso, February 23, 2022. © REUTERS/Anne Mimault

05 January 2023

Violence against women

Forced marriage: a violation of human rights

30th Anniversary of the Adoption of the UN Declaration on Minority Rights ©OHCHR

06 December 2022

Minorities and marginalised groups

New publication provides comprehensive anti-discrimination guidance

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Still of Steve Arodi talking to children in Mathare, Nairobi, Kenya.© Yves Matthey

21 November 2022

Discrimination

“There is indeed a relationship between race and poverty”

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Activists against racism and citizens in general demonstrate against police violence, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 01 June 2022. People protested after the death of Genivaldo de Jesus Santos, a black man diagnosed with schizophrenia, at the hands of the Police. © EPA-EFE/Fernando Bizerra

25 October 2022

Lived experiences key to achieve racial justice and equality

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Still of Becoming a Black Woman featuring Rachel M’Bon. ©Akka Films

19 September 2022

Becoming a Black woman in Switzerland

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A group of musicians of African descent participate during the celebration of the official Afrocolombian Day in Cali, Colombia. ©EPA-EFE/ CHRISTIAN ESCOBAR MORA

31 August 2022

Audio shows highlight heritage of people of African Descent and challenges they face

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A woman of African descent participates during the celebration of the official Afrocolombian Day in Cali, Colombia © EPA/CHRISTIAN ESCOBAR MORA

18 July 2022

Racism

New campaign launch to #FightRacism — Learn, Speak up, Act!

Kyrgyzstan landscape © OHCHR

17 June 2022

Minorities and marginalised groups

Towards a more diverse Kyrgyzstan

A Tanzanian woman with albinism visiting the U.S. for medical care, arrives at JFK International Airport in New York City, U.S., March 25, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

30 March 2022

Persons with albinism

Attacks against people with albinism are hate crimes - UN albinism expert