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Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

04 March 2025

“Build peace around human rights”: HC Volker Türk’s global update

At the 58th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk delivered an update on the global state of human rights, describing a world confronted with turbulence and unpredictability, where escalating conflicts have deepened societal divisions, and made a call for urgent global action to protect human rights and democracy.
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Minority artists

17 February 2025

Minority art contest explores belonging, place and loss

Mga Nalimutan [The Forgotten], inspired by a photography taken by Joe Galvez New York City, United States, 2017.

27 November 2024

International Art Contest celebrates minority human rights defenders

A woman wearing colourful ribbons in her hair seen from the back

24 September 2024

Indigenous Peoples

Participation of Indigenous Peoples at the UN is crucial for advancing their rights

Galina and two of her children in their house on the left bank of the Nistru/Dniester river.

13 September 2024

Roma minorities

Roma mediators in Moldova enable Roma families to enjoy their human rights

Romani human rights defenders lay flowers at a Romani Holocaust memorial at the newly renovated Lety Roma concentration camp memorial site in Czechia. © Credit – Claude Cahn/OHCHR

28 August 2024

Roma minorities

Roma: Holocaust anniversary draws painful memories and hope for more rights

Romani human rights defenders during a meeting held in Costa Rica in May 2023 to promote global efforts to strengthen Roma and memorialization. © UPEACE

08 April 2024

Roma minorities

Memorializing the Romani past: “We exist, respect our humanity"

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

A young child from the Crvena Zvezda settlement shows a drawing he made, which features the Indigo community center, Serbia. © Stefan Vidojević from MaxNova Creative

09 February 2024

Serbia

Serbia's Crvena Zvezda: A Roma Victory Against Eviction

“Nsan, dreaming Africa”, Mixed media on canvas, from the series, Looking towards the roots. © Bianca Batlle Nguema

03 November 2023

Minorities and marginalised groups

International Art Contest celebrates minority artists work

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André Lô Sánchez is a filmmaker and photographer in Mexico. © Fernando Carrasco

30 January 2023

People of African descent

Documenting the Black experience in Mexico

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Activist Stephanie Cohen recently participated in the UN Human Rights Fellowship Programme for People of African Descent. © Stephanie Cohen

26 January 2023

People of African descent

“It’s more than just hair”

The 30th anniversary of the UN Declaration on Minority Rights. © Getty/Leo Patrizi

16 December 2022

Minorities and marginalised groups

“We must do more to protect minorities”

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

“A Rohingya boy walking in the foggy morning”, in the Kutupalong Refugee Camp, Bangladesh, January 2020 © Abdullah

04 November 2022

Minorities and marginalised groups

International Art Contest celebrates minority artists work on statelessness

A year-long campaign, All In 4 Minority Rights, has been launched to mark the 30th anniversary of the UN Declaration on Minority Rights © Getty Images

22 June 2022

Minorities and marginalised groups

After 30 years, minorities still need to be seen and heard