Z v United Republic of Tanzania
- Treaty Body
- CRPD
- State Party
- Tanzania
- Year of Decision
- 2019
- Subject matter
- Torture, inhuman and degrading treatment; discrimination against a person with albinism
- Substantive issue(s)
- Albinism
- Discrimination on the ground of disability
- Right to respect for intellectual and mental integrity
- Torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
- Article(s) of Covenant
- 10
- 14
- 16
- 17
- 5
- 6
- 8
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2026
Treaty Body Jurisprudence
Yaku Sacha Perez Guartambel v Ecuador
- Treaty Body
- CERD
- State Party
- Ecuador
- Year of Decision
- 2022
- Subject matter
- Discrimination due to non-recognition of ancestral marriage
- Substantive issue(s)
- Discrimination on the grounds of national or ethnic origin
- Article(s) of Covenant
- 1
- 2
- 5
- 9
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2026
Treaty Body Jurisprudence
Zhavlon Mirzakhodzhaev v Kyrgyzstan
- Treaty Body
- HRC
- State Party
- Kyrgyzstan
- Year of Decision
- 2020
- Subject matter
- Denial of fair trial
- Substantive issue(s)
- Discrimination on the grounds of national or ethnic origin
- Fair trial
- Presumption of innocence
- Trial in absentia
- Article(s) of Covenant
- 14
- 17
- 2
- 27
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2026
Treaty Body Jurisprudence
X v United Republic of Tanzania
- Treaty Body
- CRPD
- State Party
- Tanzania
- Year of Decision
- 2017
- Subject matter
- orture, inhuman and degrading treatment; discrimination against a person with albinism
- Substantive issue(s)
- Albinism
- Discrimination on the ground of disability
- Right to respect for intellectual and mental integrity
- Torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
- Article(s) of Covenant
- 1
- 15
- 17
- 5
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2026
Treaty Body Jurisprudence
Y v United Republic of Tanzania
- Treaty Body
- CRPD
- State Party
- Tanzania
- Year of Decision
- 2018
- Subject matter
- Torture, inhuman and degrading treatment; discrimination against a person with albinism
- Substantive issue(s)
- Albinism
- Discrimination on the ground of disability
- Right to respect for intellectual and mental integrity
- Torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
- Article(s) of Covenant
- 1
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 24
- 4
- 5
- 7
- 8
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2026
Treaty Body Jurisprudence
Sonia Yaker v France
- Treaty Body
- HRC
- State Party
- France
- Year of Decision
- 2018
- Subject matter
- Right to freedom of religion; discriminatory treatment of a religion and of its members
- Substantive issue(s)
- Discrimination
- Freedom of thought, conscience and religion
- Article(s) of Covenant
- 5
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2026
Treaty Body Jurisprudence
Soraya Moreno Romero v Spain
- Treaty Body
- CESCR
- State Party
- Spain
- Year of Decision
- 2021
- Subject matter
- Eviction of the author from her home
- Substantive issue(s)
- Right to adequate housing
- Article(s) of Covenant
- 11
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2026
Treaty Body Jurisprudence
Stephen Hagan v Australia
- Treaty Body
- CERD
- State Party
- Australia
- Year of Decision
- 2003
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2026
Treaty Body Jurisprudence
Tiina Sanila Aikio v Finland
- Treaty Body
- HRC
- State Party
- Finland
- Year of Decision
- 2018
- Subject matter
- Right to vote in elections to the Sami Parliament
- Substantive issue(s)
- Discrimination
- Political rights
- Protection of minorities
- Right to self-determination
- Article(s) of Covenant
- 1
- 25
- 26
- 27
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2026
Treaty Body Jurisprudence
Sandra Lovelace v Canada
- Treaty Body
- HRC
- State Party
- Canada
- Year of Decision
- 1981
- Article(s) of Covenant
- 12
- 17
- 2
- 23
- 24
- 26
- 27
- 3
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2026
Treaty Body Jurisprudence
Sara Vazquez Guerreiro v Spain
- Treaty Body
- CESCR
- State Party
- Spain
- Year of Decision
- 2023
- Subject matter
- Eviction of a family from a dwelling occupied without legal title
- Substantive issue(s)
- Right to adequate housing
- Article(s) of Covenant
- 10
- 11
- 3
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2026
Treaty Body Jurisprudence
Polat Bekzhan et al v Kazakhstan
- Treaty Body
- HRC
- State Party
- Kazakhstan
- Year of Decision
- 2020
- Subject matter
- Refusal to allow importation of religious publications
- Substantive issue(s)
- Freedom of expression
- Freedom of thought, conscience and religion
- Protection of minorities
- Article(s) of Covenant
- 18
- 19
- 27
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2026
Treaty Body Jurisprudence
Rakhim Mavlonov and Shansiy Sa’di v Uzbekistan
- Treaty Body
- HRC
- State Party
- Uzbekistan
- Year of Decision
- 2009
- Subject matter
- Denial of re-registration of a newspaper published in a minority language by the State party’s authorities
- Substantive issue(s)
- Freedom of expression
- Restrictions necessary for the protection of national security
- Restrictions necessary for the protection of public order
- Right of minorities to enjoy their own culture
- Article(s) of Covenant
- 19
- 27
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2026
Treaty Body Jurisprudence
Mohamed Ben Djazia and Naouel Bellili v Spain
- Treaty Body
- CESCR
- State Party
- Spain
- Year of Decision
- 2017
- Subject matter
- Eviction of lessees as a result of judicial proceedings initiated by the lessor
- Substantive issue(s)
- Right to adequate housing
- Article(s) of Covenant
- 11
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2026
Treaty Body Jurisprudence
Mohammad Rabbae et al v The Netherlands
- Treaty Body
- HRC
- State Party
- Netherlands
- Year of Decision
- 2011
- Subject matter
- Incitement to racial or religious hatred by a politician
- Substantive issue(s)
- Fair trial
- Incitement to racial or religious hatred
- Protection of minorities
- Right to an effective remedy
- Right to equality before the courts
- Article(s) of Covenant
- 14
- 17
- 2
- 20
- 26
- 27
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2026
Treaty Body Jurisprudence
Manuway Doolan v Australia
- Treaty Body
- CRPD
- State Party
- Australia
- Year of Decision
- 2019
- Subject matter
- Institutionalization of person with intellectual and psychosocial impairment; right to enjoy legal capacity on an equal basis with others
- Substantive issue(s)
- Access to court
- Arbitrary detention
- Discrimination on the ground of disability
- Intellectual and psychosocial disability
- Restriction of rights
- Article(s) of Covenant
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 19
- 25
- 26
- 28
- 5
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2026
Treaty Body Jurisprudence
Maria Elena Carbajal Cepeda et al v Peru
- Treaty Body
- CEDAW
- State Party
- Peru
- Year of Decision
- 2020
- 2024
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2026
Treaty Body Jurisprudence
Miriana Hebbadj v France
- Treaty Body
- HRC
- State Party
- France
- Year of Decision
- 2018
- Subject matter
- Right to freedom of religion; discriminatory treatment of a religion and its followers
- Substantive issue(s)
- Discrimination
- Freedom of thought, conscience and religion
- Article(s) of Covenant
- 18
- 26
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2026
Treaty Body Jurisprudence
Kamal Quereshi v Denmark
- Treaty Body
- CERD
- State Party
- Denmark
- Year of Decision
- 2003
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2026
Treaty Body Jurisprudence
Kell v Canada
- Treaty Body
- CEDAW
- State Party
- Canada
- Year of Decision
- 2012
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2026
Treaty Body Jurisprudence
Jose Vicente et al v Colombia
- Treaty Body
- HRC
- State Party
- Colombia
- Year of Decision
- 1997
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2026
Treaty Body Jurisprudence
Jovica Dimitrov v Serbia and Montenegro
- Treaty Body
- CAT
- State Party
- Serbia
- Year of Decision
- 2005
- Subject matter
- Torture and/or ill-treatment in detention
- Substantive issue(s)
- Right to a prompt and impartial investigation
- Torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
- Article(s) of Covenant
- 1
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 16
- 2
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2026
Treaty Body Jurisprudence
Jewish Community of Oslo et al v Norway
- Treaty Body
- CERD
- State Party
- Norway
- Year of Decision
- 2005
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2026
Treaty Body Jurisprudence
Jeremy Matson et al v Canada
- Treaty Body
- CEDAW
- State Party
- Canada
- Year of Decision
- 2022
- Subject matter
- Entitlement to Indian status as First Nations descendants in the maternal line (discrimination)
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2026
Treaty Body Jurisprudence
Ilya Nesterov et al v Russian Federation
- Treaty Body
- HRC
- State Party
- Russian Federation
- Year of Decision
- 2023
- Subject matter
- Dissolution of a local religious organization of Jehovah's Witnesses for distribution of publications banned as extremist
- Substantive issue(s)
- Discrimination on the ground of religion
- Freedom of association
- Freedom of thought, conscience and religion
- Protection of minorities
- Torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
- Article(s) of Covenant
- 18
- 22
- 26
- 27
- 7
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2026
Treaty Body Jurisprudence
Ioane Teitiota v New Zealand
- Treaty Body
- HRC
- State Party
- New Zealand
- Year of Decision
- 2019
- Subject matter
- Deportation to Kiribati
- Substantive issue(s)
- Right to life
- Article(s) of Covenant
- 6
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2026
Treaty Body Jurisprudence
Ivan Kitok v Sweden
- Treaty Body
- HRC
- State Party
- Sweden
- Year of Decision
- 1987
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2026
Treaty Body Jurisprudence
Hamid Saydawi and Masir Farah v Italy
- Treaty Body
- CESCR
- State Party
- Italy
- Year of Decision
- 2024
- Subject matter
- Eviction of two families from a dwelling that they were occupying without legal title
- Substantive issue(s)
- Right to adequate housing
- Article(s) of Covenant
- 11
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2026
Treaty Body Jurisprudence
IDG v Spain
- Treaty Body
- CESCR
- State Party
- Spain
- Year of Decision
- 2015
- Subject matter
- Lack of effective access to the courts to protect the right to adequate housing
- Substantive issue(s)
- Right to adequate housing
- Article(s) of Covenant
- 11
- 2
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2026
Treaty Body Jurisprudence
Grigore Zapescu v Moldova
- Treaty Body
- CERD
- State Party
- Moldova
- Year of Decision
- 2021
- Subject matter
- Racial discrimination in access to employment; lack of compensation
- Substantive issue(s)
- Discrimination on the grounds of national or ethnic origin
- Article(s) of Covenant
- 1
- 2
- 5
- 6
- 7
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2026
Treaty Body Jurisprudence
Francis Hopu and Tepoaitu Bessert v France
- Treaty Body
- HRC
- State Party
- France
- Year of Decision
- 1997
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2026
Treaty Body Jurisprudence
Flor Agustina Calfunao Paillalef v Switzerland
- Treaty Body
- CAT
- State Party
- Switzerland
- Year of Decision
- 2019
- Subject matter
- Deportation to Chile
- Substantive issue(s)
- Non-refoulement
- Article(s) of Covenant
- 22
- 3
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2026
Treaty Body Jurisprudence
Chief Bernard Ominayak and the Lubicon Lake Band v Canada
- Treaty Body
- HRC
- State Party
- Canada
- Year of Decision
- 1990
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2026
Treaty Body Jurisprudence
Christopher Leo v Australia
- Treaty Body
- CRPD
- State Party
- Australia
- Year of Decision
- 2019
- Subject matter
- Institutionalization of person with intellectual and psychosocial impairment; right to enjoy legal capacity on an equal basis with others
- Substantive issue(s)
- Access to court
- Arbitrary detention
- Discrimination on the ground of disability
- Exercise of legal capacity
- Intellectual and psychosocial disability
- Restriction of rights
- Article(s) of Covenant
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 25
- 26
- 28
- 5
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2026
Treaty Body Jurisprudence
Damian Gallardo Martinez et al v Mexico
- Treaty Body
- CAT
- State Party
- Mexico
- Year of Decision
- 2021
- Subject matter
- Arbitrary detention and torture
- Substantive issue(s)
- Right to a prompt and impartial investigation
- Right to fair and adequate compensation
- Statements obtained under torture
- Torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
- Article(s) of Covenant
- 1
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 2
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2026
Treaty Body Jurisprudence
Daniel Billy et al v Australia
- Treaty Body
- HRC
- State Party
- Australia
- Year of Decision
- 2022
- Subject matter
- Failure to take mitigation and adaptation measures to combat the effects of climate change
- Substantive issue(s)
- Arbitrary/unlawful interference
- Children's rights
- Protection of indigenous peoples
- Right of minorities to enjoy their own culture
- Right to an effective remedy
- Right to life
- Right to privacy and family life
- Article(s) of Covenant
- 17
- 2
- 24
- 27
- 6
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2026
Treaty Body Jurisprudence
Danilo Dimitrijevic v Serbia and Montenegro
- Treaty Body
- CAT
- State Party
- Serbia
- Year of Decision
- 2005
- Subject matter
- Torture and/or ill treatment in detention
- Substantive issue(s)
- Right to a prompt and impartial investigation
- Torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
- Article(s) of Covenant
- 1
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 16
- 2
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2026
Treaty Body Jurisprudence
Dorothy Kakem Titiahonjo v Cameroon
- Treaty Body
- HRC
- State Party
- Cameroon
- Year of Decision
- 2007
- Subject matter
- Arbitrary detention torture and death of member of allegedly secessionist organization
- Substantive issue(s)
- Arbitrary deprivation of life
- Arbitrary detention
- Freedom of association
- Torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
- Article(s) of Covenant
- 19
- 2
- 22
- 3
- 6
- 7
- 9
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2026
Treaty Body Jurisprudence
Duncan Ballantyne et al v Canada
- Treaty Body
- HRC
- State Party
- Canada
- Year of Decision
- 1993
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2026
Treaty Body Jurisprudence
Chiara Sacchi et al v Argentina
- Treaty Body
- CRC
- State Party
- Argentina
- Year of Decision
- 2021
- Subject matter
- Failure to prevent and mitigate the consequences of climate change
- Substantive issue(s)
- Best interests of the child
- Right of minorities to enjoy their own culture
- Right to life
- Right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health
- Article(s) of Covenant
- 24
- 3
- 30
- 6
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2026
Treaty Body Jurisprudence
Campo Agua’e Indigenous Community v Paraguay
- Treaty Body
- HRC
- State Party
- Paraguay
- Year of Decision
- 2021
- Subject matter
- Crop fumigation with agrochemicals and its effects on an indigenous community
- Substantive issue(s)
- Protection of minorities
- Right to an effective remedy
- Right to freedom from arbitrary or unlawful interference with privacy, family or home
- Article(s) of Covenant
- 17
- 2
- 27
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2026
Treaty Body Jurisprudence
Besim Osmani v Serbia
- Treaty Body
- CAT
- State Party
- Serbia
- Year of Decision
- 2009
- Subject matter
- Ill-treatment of the complainant by police officials in the course of the execution of an eviction order and subsequent failure to obtain redress and compensation
- Substantive issue(s)
- Right to a prompt and impartial investigation
- Right to complain to, and to have a case promptly and impartially examined by the competent authorities
- Right to fair and adequate compensation
- Torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
- Article(s) of Covenant
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 16
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2026
Treaty Body Jurisprudence
Angela Poma Poma v Peru
- Treaty Body
- HRC
- State Party
- Peru
- Year of Decision
- 2009
- Subject matter
- Withdrawal of water from indigenous land
- Substantive issue(s)
- Right of minorities to enjoy their own culture
- Right to an effective remedy
- Right to equality before the courts
- Right to privacy and family life
- Article(s) of Covenant
- 1
- 17
- 2
- 27
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2026
Treaty Body Jurisprudence
Antonina Ignatane v Latvia
- Treaty Body
- HRC
- State Party
- Latvia
- Year of Decision
- 2001
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2026
Treaty Body Jurisprudence
Apirana Mahuika et al v New Zealand
- Treaty Body
- HRC
- State Party
- New Zealand
- Year of Decision
- 2000
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2026
Treaty Body Jurisprudence
Arieh Hollis Waldman v Canada
- Treaty Body
- HRC
- State Party
- Canada
- Year of Decision
- 1999
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2026
Treaty Body Jurisprudence
Alyne da Silva Pimentel Teixeira v Brazil
- Treaty Body
- CEDAW
- State Party
- Brazil
- Year of Decision
- 2011
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2026
Treaty Body Jurisprudence
Ailsa Roy v Australia
- Treaty Body
- HRC
- State Party
- Australia
- Year of Decision
- 2023
- Subject matter
- Effective participation of Indigenous Peoples in the mechanism for the determination of their rights to traditional territory
- Substantive issue(s)
- Determination of Indigenous Peoples’ right to traditional territory
- Discrimination
- Fair trial
- Article(s) of Covenant
- 1
- 14
- 2
- 26
- 27
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2026
Treaty Body Jurisprudence
A. v Denmark
- Treaty Body
- CEDAW
- State Party
- Denmark
- Year of Decision
- 2015
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2026
Treaty Body Jurisprudence
Lilija Alijeva
- Area of Professional Activity
- Academia
- Institutional affiliation
- UN Regional Group
- Western European and Other Group
- Minority Group
- Ethnic, national and/or linguistic minorities
- Working Languages
- English
- French
- Latvian
- Russian
- Thematic Focus: Civil and Political Rights
- Access to justice
- Citizenship
- Equality in the justice system
- Participation in public affairs: Participation in public affairs
- Thematic Focus: Economic and Social Rights
- Economic participation
- Education: Education
- Food
- Health
- Land
- Thematic Focus: Cultural Rights
- Culture: Culture
- Language: Language
- Religion: Religion
- Thematic Focus: Other Issues
- Special Measures: Affermative action
- Special Measures: Special measures
- Special Measures: Targeted policies
- Discrimination: Discrimination
- Self-determination
- Advocacy activities
- Data collection
- Knowledge production (including research and publishing)
- Trainings
- Date added
- Dec 16, 2025
MRSN Bios
Rahim Rahimov
- Area of Professional Activity
- Academia
- Contact
r_rahimov[at]hotmail.com
- Institutional affiliation
Independent researcher
- UN Regional Group
- Eastern European Group
- Country of Residence
- Azerbaijan
- Gender
- Male
- Working Languages
- English
- German
- Russian
- Thematic Focus: Civil and Political Rights
- Freedom of expression
- Thematic Focus: Economic and Social Rights
- Education: Education
- Thematic Focus: Cultural Rights
- Culture: Culture
- Language: Language
- Religion: Religion
- Thematic Focus: Bodily Integrity Rights
- Violence: Hate speech
- Thematic Focus: Other Issues
- Armed conflict
- Intersectionality
- Advocacy activities
- Knowledge production (including research and publishing)
- Trainings
- Date added
- Dec 15, 2025
MRSN Bios
Mercè Monje Cano
- Image
- Area of Professional Activity
- Advocacy
- Civil society
- International movement
- International Organization
- Contact
- Institutional affiliation
- UN Regional Group
- Western European and Other Group
- Country of Residence
- France
- Gender
- Female
- Minority Group
- Afro-descendants
- Ethnic, national and/or linguistic minorities
- Indigenous peoples: Indigenous peoples
- Religious minorities
- Working Languages
- Catalan
- English
- French
- Spanish
- Thematic Focus: Civil and Political Rights
- Access to justice
- Equality in the justice system
- Freedom of expression
- Participation in public affairs: Participation in public affairs
- Thematic Focus: Economic and Social Rights
- Economic participation
- Education: Education
- Land
- Thematic Focus: Cultural Rights
- Culture: Culture
- Language: Language
- Religion: Religion
- Thematic Focus: Other Issues
- Environment
- Intersectionality
- Recognition
- Self-determination
- Advocacy activities
- Community building
- Knowledge production (including research and publishing)
- Media campaigns
- Trainings
- UN shadow reporting
- Date added
- Dec 11, 2025
MRSN Bios
Helena Lupinc
- Image
- Area of Professional Activity
- Advocacy
- Civil society
- Contact
h.lupinc[at]slori.org
helenalupinc5[at]gmail.com
- Institutional affiliation
Slovene Research Institute (SLORI)
Slovenian Cultural and Economic Union (SKGZ)
- UN Regional Group
- Western European and Other Group
- Country of Residence
- Italy
- Gender
- Female
- Minority Group
- Ethnic, national and/or linguistic minorities
- Working Languages
- English
- Italian
- Slovenian
- Thematic Focus: Civil and Political Rights
- Citizenship
- Participation in public affairs: Participation in public affairs
- Thematic Focus: Economic and Social Rights
- Education: Education
- Thematic Focus: Cultural Rights
- Culture: Culture
- Language: Language
- Thematic Focus: Other Issues
- Discrimination: Discrimination
- Intersectionality
- Recognition
- Self-determination
- Advocacy activities
- Community building
- Data collection
- Knowledge production (including research and publishing)
- Date added
- Dec 11, 2025
MRSN Bios
Moheb Mudessir
- Image
- Area of Professional Activity
- Academia
- Advocacy
- Civil society
- Media
- UN Regional Group
- Western European and Other Group
- Country of Residence
- United Kingdom
- Gender
- Male
- Minority Group
- Ethnic, national and/or linguistic minorities
- Working Languages
- English
- Persian
- Turkish
- Uzbek
- Thematic Focus: Civil and Political Rights
- Access to justice
- Equality in the justice system
- Freedom of expression
- Participation in public affairs: Participation in public affairs
- Thematic Focus: Economic and Social Rights
- Economic participation
- Education: Education
- Employment
- Health
- Land
- Thematic Focus: Cultural Rights
- Culture: Culture
- Language: Language
- Religion: Religion
- Thematic Focus: Bodily Integrity Rights
- Violence: Hate speech
- Violence: Killings and disappearance
- Violence: Rape and gender-based violence
- Violence: Torture
- Thematic Focus: Other Issues
- Armed conflict
- Development interventions: Development interventions
- Discrimination: Discrimination
- Intersectionality
- Self-determination
- Transitional justice
- Advocacy activities
- Data collection
- Knowledge production (including research and publishing)
- Legal aid
- Media campaigns
- Trainings
- Date added
- Dec 4, 2025
MRSN Bios
Alexandra Cosima Budabin
- Area of Professional Activity
- Academia
- Advocacy
- Civil society
- Contact
- Institutional affiliation
- UN Regional Group
- Western European and Other Group
- Country of Residence
- Italy
- Gender
- Female
- Working Languages
- English
- Thematic Focus: Civil and Political Rights
- Participation in public affairs: Participation in public affairs
- Thematic Focus: Cultural Rights
- Culture: Culture
- Language: Language
- Religion: Religion
- Thematic Focus: Bodily Integrity Rights
- Violence: Genocide
- Violence: Hate speech
- Violence: Rape and gender-based violence
- Thematic Focus: Other Issues
- Armed conflict
- Development interventions: Development interventions
- Discrimination: Discrimination
- Intersectionality
- Migration
- Advocacy activities
- Community building
- Knowledge production (including research and publishing)
- Media campaigns
- Date added
- Dec 4, 2025
MRSN Bios
Federica Prina
- Area of Professional Activity
- Academia
- Institutional affiliation
- UN Regional Group
- Western European and Other Group
- Country of Residence
- United Kingdom
- Gender
- Female
- Working Languages
- English
- French
- Italian
- Russian
- Thematic Focus: Civil and Political Rights
- Freedom of expression
- Participation in public affairs: Participation in public affairs
- Thematic Focus: Economic and Social Rights
- Education: Education
- Thematic Focus: Cultural Rights
- Culture: Culture
- Language: Language
- Thematic Focus: Bodily Integrity Rights
- Violence: Hate speech
- Thematic Focus: Other Issues
- Discrimination: Discrimination
- Migration
- Self-determination
- Advocacy activities
- Knowledge production (including research and publishing)
- Date added
- Nov 20, 2025
MRSN Bios
Hanna Vasilevich
- Area of Professional Activity
- Academia
- Contact
hanna.vasilevich[at]gmail.com
- Institutional affiliation
EURAC Research, Institute for Minority Rights
- UN Regional Group
- Western European and Other Group
- Country of Residence
- Italy
- Gender
- Female
- Minority Group
- Ethnic, national and/or linguistic minorities
- Indigenous peoples: Indigenous peoples
- Religious minorities
- Working Languages
- Belarusian
- Czech
- English
- German
- Russian
- Ukrainian
- Thematic Focus: Civil and Political Rights
- Equality in the justice system
- Freedom of expression
- Participation in public affairs: Participation in public affairs
- Thematic Focus: Economic and Social Rights
- Education: Education
- Thematic Focus: Cultural Rights
- Culture: Culture
- Language: Language
- Religion: Religion
- Thematic Focus: Bodily Integrity Rights
- Violence: Genocide
- Violence: Hate speech
- Thematic Focus: Other Issues
- Discrimination: Discrimination
- Intersectionality
- Migration
- Recognition
- Self-determination
- Advocacy activities
- Community building
- Knowledge production (including research and publishing)
- Legal aid
- Trainings
- Date added
- Nov 18, 2025
MRSN Bios
Mehmet Polatel
- Image
- Area of Professional Activity
- Academia
- Civil society
- Contact
- Institutional affiliation
- UN Regional Group
- Asia-Pacific Group
- Country of Residence
- Turkey
- Gender
- Male
- Working Languages
- English
- Turkish
- Thematic Focus: Civil and Political Rights
- Citizenship
- Equality in the justice system
- Freedom of expression
- Thematic Focus: Economic and Social Rights
- Economic participation
- Education: Education
- Land
- Thematic Focus: Cultural Rights
- Culture: Culture
- Language: Language
- Religion: Religion
- Thematic Focus: Bodily Integrity Rights
- Violence: Genocide
- Violence: Hate speech
- Violence: Killings and disappearance
- Violence: Rape and gender-based violence
- Thematic Focus: Other Issues
- Discrimination: Discrimination
- Environment
- Intersectionality
- Transitional justice
- Advocacy activities
- Data collection
- Knowledge production (including research and publishing)
- Trainings
- Date added
- Nov 18, 2025
MRSN Bios
Derya Bayır
- Image
- Area of Professional Activity
- Academia
- Contact
derya_bayir[at]yahoo.com
- Institutional affiliation
- UN Regional Group
- Western European and Other Group
- Country of Residence
- United Kingdom
- Gender
- Female
- Minority Group
- Ethnic, national and/or linguistic minorities
- Working Languages
- English
- Turkish
- Thematic Focus: Civil and Political Rights
- Access to justice
- Citizenship
- Equality in the justice system
- Freedom of expression
- Participation in public affairs: Participation in public affairs
- Thematic Focus: Cultural Rights
- Culture: Culture
- Language: Language
- Religion: Religion
- Thematic Focus: Bodily Integrity Rights
- Violence: Genocide
- Violence: Hate speech
- Violence: Killings and disappearance
- Violence: Torture
- Thematic Focus: Other Issues
- Armed conflict
- Development interventions: Development interventions
- Discrimination: Discrimination
- Self-determination
- Transitional justice
- Advocacy activities
- Knowledge production (including research and publishing)
- Trainings
- Date added
- Nov 13, 2025
MRSN Bios
Mattia Zeba
- Image
- Area of Professional Activity
- Academia
- Contact
- Institutional affiliation
- UN Regional Group
- Western European and Other Group
- Country of Residence
- Italy
- Gender
- Male
- Minority Group
- Ethnic, national and/or linguistic minorities
- Working Languages
- English
- Thematic Focus: Civil and Political Rights
- Access to justice
- Citizenship
- Equality in the justice system
- Freedom of expression
- Participation in public affairs: Participation in public affairs
- Thematic Focus: Economic and Social Rights
- Education: Education
- Thematic Focus: Cultural Rights
- Culture: Culture
- Language: Language
- Thematic Focus: Bodily Integrity Rights
- Violence: Hate speech
- Thematic Focus: Other Issues
- Discrimination: Discrimination
- Intersectionality
- Migration
- Recognition
- Self-determination
- Advocacy activities
- Community building
- Data collection
- Knowledge production (including research and publishing)
- Trainings
- UN shadow reporting
- Date added
- Nov 13, 2025
MRSN Bios
Katharina Crepaz
- Image
- Area of Professional Activity
- Academia
- Contact
- Institutional affiliation
- UN Regional Group
- Western European and Other Group
- Country of Residence
- Italy
- Gender
- Female
- Minority Group
- Ethnic, national and/or linguistic minorities
- Working Languages
- English
- German
- Italian
- Thematic Focus: Civil and Political Rights
- Participation in public affairs: Participation in public affairs
- Thematic Focus: Economic and Social Rights
- Gender equality
- Health
- Thematic Focus: Cultural Rights
- Culture: Culture
- Language: Language
- Thematic Focus: Bodily Integrity Rights
- Violence: Hate speech
- Violence: Rape and gender-based violence
- Thematic Focus: Other Issues
- Discrimination: Discrimination
- Intersectionality
- Migration
- Advocacy activities
- Data collection
- Knowledge production (including research and publishing)
- Trainings
- Date added
- Nov 13, 2025
MRSN Bios
Eleni Pothou
- Image
- Area of Professional Activity
- Academia
- Contact
epothou20[at]ku.edu.tr
- Institutional affiliation
Koç University
- UN Regional Group
- Asia-Pacific Group
- Country of Residence
- Turkey
- Gender
- Female
- Minority Group
- Ethnic, national and/or linguistic minorities
- Religious minorities
- Working Languages
- English
- Greek
- Turkish
- Thematic Focus: Civil and Political Rights
- Citizenship
- Freedom of expression
- Thematic Focus: Economic and Social Rights
- Education: Education
- Thematic Focus: Cultural Rights
- Culture: Culture
- Religion: Religion
- Thematic Focus: Bodily Integrity Rights
- Violence: Hate speech
- Thematic Focus: Other Issues
- Discrimination: Discrimination
- Migration
- Recognition
- Advocacy activities
- Community building
- Data collection
- Knowledge production (including research and publishing)
- Date added
- Nov 12, 2025
MRSN Bios
Ebba Lekvall
- Area of Professional Activity
- Academia
- Contact
- Institutional affiliation
- UN Regional Group
- Western European and Other Group
- Country of Residence
- United Kingdom
- Gender
- Female
- Minority Group
- Indigenous peoples: Indigenous peoples
- Working Languages
- English
- French
- Swedish
- Thematic Focus: Civil and Political Rights
- Access to justice
- Thematic Focus: Bodily Integrity Rights
- Violence: Genocide
- Violence: Rape and gender-based violence
- Thematic Focus: Other Issues
- Armed conflict
- Reparations
- Transitional justice
- Date added
- Nov 11, 2025
MRSN Bios
Ali Huseyinoglu
- Image
- Area of Professional Activity
- Academia
- Advocacy
- Civil society
- International Organization
- Contact
- Institutional affiliation
- UN Regional Group
- Asia-Pacific Group
- Western European and Other Group
- Country of Residence
- Turkey
- Gender
- Male
- Minority Group
- Ethnic, national and/or linguistic minorities
- Religious minorities
- Working Languages
- English
- Greek
- Turkish
- Thematic Focus: Civil and Political Rights
- Freedom of assembly
- Thematic Focus: Economic and Social Rights
- Education: Education
- Thematic Focus: Cultural Rights
- Culture: Culture
- Language: Language
- Religion: Religion
- Thematic Focus: Bodily Integrity Rights
- Violence: Hate speech
- Thematic Focus: Other Issues
- Discrimination: Discrimination
- Migration
- Recognition
- Self-determination
- Advocacy activities
- Community building
- Data collection
- Knowledge production (including research and publishing)
- Trainings
- Date added
- Nov 11, 2025
MRSN Bios
Farah Mihlar
- Image
- Area of Professional Activity
- Academia
- Activism
- Advocacy
- Contact
- Institutional affiliation
- UN Regional Group
- Western European and Other Group
- Country of Residence
- United Kingdom
- Gender
- Female
- Minority Group
- Ethnic, national and/or linguistic minorities
- Religious minorities
- Working Languages
- English
- Thematic Focus: Cultural Rights
- Religion: Religion
- Thematic Focus: Bodily Integrity Rights
- Violence: Genocide
- Violence: Hate speech
- Violence: Killings and disappearance
- Violence: Rape and gender-based violence
- Thematic Focus: Other Issues
- Armed conflict
- Discrimination: Discrimination
- Intersectionality
- Transitional justice
- Advocacy activities
- Community building
- Data collection
- Knowledge production (including research and publishing)
- Media campaigns
- Methodological approaches
- Trainings
- Date added
- Nov 11, 2025
MRSN Bios
Florencio Venté Coha
- Image
- Area of Professional Activity
- Advocacy
- Civil society
- Contact
- UN Regional Group
- Eastern European Group
- Country of Residence
- Hungary
- Gender
- Male
- Minority Group
- Afro-descendants
- Working Languages
- English
- Portuguese
- Spanish
- Thematic Focus: Civil and Political Rights
- Participation in public affairs: Participation in public affairs
- Thematic Focus: Economic and Social Rights
- Economic participation
- Education: Education
- Employment
- Thematic Focus: Cultural Rights
- Culture: Culture
- Thematic Focus: Other Issues
- Development interventions: Development interventions
- Discrimination: Discrimination
- Intersectionality
- Migration
- Advocacy activities
- Community building
- Knowledge production (including research and publishing)
- Trainings
- Date added
- Nov 11, 2025
MRSN Bios
Elizabeth Craig
- Image
- Area of Professional Activity
- Academia
- Contact
- Institutional affiliation
- UN Regional Group
- Western European and Other Group
- Country of Residence
- United Kingdom
- Gender
- Female
- Minority Group
- Ethnic, national and/or linguistic minorities
- Working Languages
- English
- Thematic Focus: Civil and Political Rights
- Citizenship
- Thematic Focus: Economic and Social Rights
- Education: Education
- Land
- Thematic Focus: Cultural Rights
- Culture: Culture
- Language: Language
- Religion: Religion
- Thematic Focus: Bodily Integrity Rights
- Violence: Genocide
- Thematic Focus: Other Issues
- Discrimination: Discrimination
- Intersectionality
- Recognition
- Self-determination
- Transitional justice
- Advocacy activities
- Governance
- Knowledge production (including research and publishing)
- Date added
- Nov 11, 2025
MRSN Bios
Fiona McConnell
- Area of Professional Activity
- Academia
- Institutional affiliation
- UN Regional Group
- Western European and Other Group
- Country of Residence
- United Kingdom
- Working Languages
- English
- Thematic Focus: Civil and Political Rights
- Participation in public affairs: Participation in public affairs
- Thematic Focus: Cultural Rights
- Culture: Culture
- Thematic Focus: Other Issues
- Self-determination
- Advocacy activities
- Knowledge production (including research and publishing)
- Trainings
- Date added
- Nov 10, 2025
MRSN Bios
Corinne Lennox
- Image
- Area of Professional Activity
- Academia
- Contact
- Institutional affiliation
- UN Regional Group
- Western European and Other Group
- Country of Residence
- United Kingdom
- Gender
- Female
- Working Languages
- English
- Thematic Focus: Civil and Political Rights
- Access to justice
- Equality in the justice system
- Participation in public affairs: Participation in public affairs
- Thematic Focus: Economic and Social Rights
- Economic participation
- Education: Education
- Employment
- Health
- Housing
- Land
- Thematic Focus: Cultural Rights
- Culture: Culture
- Language: Language
- Religion: Religion
- Thematic Focus: Bodily Integrity Rights
- Violence: Genocide
- Thematic Focus: Other Issues
- Development interventions: Development interventions
- Disaggregated data
- Discrimination: Discrimination
- Environment
- Intersectionality
- Recognition
- Self-determination
- Special Measures: Special measures
- Advocacy activities
- Data collection
- Knowledge production (including research and publishing)
- Trainings
- UN shadow reporting
- Date added
- Nov 6, 2025
MRSN Bios
Eduardo J. Ruiz Vieytez
- Image
- Area of Professional Activity
- Academia
- Institutional affiliation
University of Deusto (Bilbao, Spain)
- UN Regional Group
- Western European and Other Group
- Country of Residence
- Spain
- Gender
- Male
- Minority Group
- Ethnic, national and/or linguistic minorities
- Working Languages
- Basque
- English
- Spanish
- Thematic Focus: Civil and Political Rights
- Citizenship
- Freedom of expression
- Participation in public affairs: Participation in public affairs
- Thematic Focus: Economic and Social Rights
- Education: Education
- Thematic Focus: Cultural Rights
- Culture: Culture
- Language: Language
- Religion: Religion
- Thematic Focus: Other Issues
- Discrimination: Discrimination
- Migration
- Recognition
- Self-determination
- Advocacy activities
- Knowledge production (including research and publishing)
- Trainings
- UN shadow reporting
- Date added
- Nov 4, 2025
MRSN Bios
Réka Brigitta Szaniszló
- Image
- Area of Professional Activity
- Academia
- Contact
- Institutional affiliation
University of Szeged
- UN Regional Group
- Eastern European Group
- Country of Residence
- Hungary
- Gender
- Female
- Working Languages
- English
- French
- Hungarian
- Thematic Focus: Civil and Political Rights
- Citizenship
- Freedom of expression
- Thematic Focus: Economic and Social Rights
- Education: Education
- Thematic Focus: Cultural Rights
- Culture: Culture
- Language: Language
- Thematic Focus: Bodily Integrity Rights
- Violence: Genocide
- Violence: Hate speech
- Violence: Killings and disappearance
- Violence: Rape and gender-based violence
- Violence: Torture
- Violence: Violence
- Slavery
- Thematic Focus: Other Issues
- Armed conflict
- Discrimination: Discrimination
- Migration
- Recognition
- Self-determination
- Advocacy activities
- Data collection
- Knowledge production (including research and publishing)
- Date added
- Nov 3, 2025
MRSN Bios
Mohammad Shahabuddin
- Image
- Area of Professional Activity
- Academia
- International Organization
- Contact
- Institutional affiliation
- UN Regional Group
- Western European and Other Group
- Country of Residence
- United Kingdom
- Gender
- Male
- Minority Group
- Ethnic, national and/or linguistic minorities
- Religious minorities
- Working Languages
- Bengali
- English
- Thematic Focus: Civil and Political Rights
- Citizenship
- Equality in the justice system
- Thematic Focus: Economic and Social Rights
- Economic participation
- Land
- Thematic Focus: Cultural Rights
- Culture: Culture
- Language: Language
- Religion: Religion
- Thematic Focus: Bodily Integrity Rights
- Violence: Genocide
- Thematic Focus: Other Issues
- Armed conflict
- Development interventions: Development interventions
- Discrimination: Discrimination
- Intersectionality
- Recognition
- Self-determination
- Special Measures: Special measures
- Advocacy activities
- Knowledge production (including research and publishing)
- Date added
- Nov 1, 2025
MRSN Bios
Marcus Oda
- Image
- Area of Professional Activity
- Civil society
- Contact
- Institutional affiliation
- UN Regional Group
- Eastern European Group
- Country of Residence
- Hungary
- Gender
- Male
- Minority Group
- Ethnic, national and/or linguistic minorities
- Working Languages
- English
- French
- Hungarian
- Russian
- Thematic Focus: Civil and Political Rights
- Freedom of expression
- Participation in public affairs: Participation in public affairs
- Thematic Focus: Economic and Social Rights
- Education: Education
- Health
- Thematic Focus: Cultural Rights
- Language: Language
- Thematic Focus: Bodily Integrity Rights
- Violence: Hate speech
- Thematic Focus: Other Issues
- Disaggregated data
- Discrimination: Discrimination
- Discrimination: Gender/Sex
- Intersectionality
- Advocacy activities
- Community building
- Data collection
- Knowledge production (including research and publishing)
- Trainings
- UN shadow reporting
- Date added
- Oct 31, 2025
MRSN Bios
Grace Elias
- Image
- Area of Professional Activity
- Academia
- Advocacy
- International Organization
- Contact
- Institutional affiliation
Lebanese University-Faculty of Law, Political and Administrative Sciences - Branch II, Jal EL Dib
- UN Regional Group
- Asia-Pacific Group
- Country of Residence
- Lebanon
- Gender
- Female
- Minority Group
- Religious minorities
- Working Languages
- Arabic
- English
- French
- Thematic Focus: Civil and Political Rights
- Access to justice
- Citizenship
- Equality in the justice system
- Freedom of expression
- Participation in public affairs: Participation in public affairs
- Thematic Focus: Economic and Social Rights
- Economic participation
- Education: Education
- Thematic Focus: Cultural Rights
- Culture: Culture
- Language: Language
- Religion: Religion
- Thematic Focus: Bodily Integrity Rights
- Violence: Genocide
- Violence: Hate speech
- Violence: Killings and disappearance
- Violence: Rape and gender-based violence
- Violence: Torture
- Violence: Violence
- Thematic Focus: Other Issues
- Armed conflict
- Discrimination: Discrimination
- Environment
- Migration
- Transitional justice
- Advocacy activities
- Community building
- Knowledge production (including research and publishing)
- Media campaigns
- UN shadow reporting
- Date added
- Oct 31, 2025
MRSN Bios
Andrea Carlà
- Area of Professional Activity
- Academia
- Institutional affiliation
- UN Regional Group
- Western European and Other Group
- Country of Residence
- Italy
- Gender
- Male
- Minority Group
- Ethnic, national and/or linguistic minorities
- Religious minorities
- Working Languages
- English
- Italian
- Thematic Focus: Civil and Political Rights
- Citizenship
- Participation in public affairs: Participation in public affairs
- Participation in public affairs: Power sharing/consociationalism
- Thematic Focus: Economic and Social Rights
- Education: Education
- Thematic Focus: Cultural Rights
- Culture: Culture
- Language: Language
- Thematic Focus: Other Issues
- Discrimination: Discrimination
- Migration
- Security/securitization
- Self-determination
- Advocacy activities
- Trainings
- Date added
- Oct 31, 2025
MRSN Bios
Roberta Medda Windischer
- Area of Professional Activity
- Academia
- Contact
- Institutional affiliation
- UN Regional Group
- Western European and Other Group
- Country of Residence
- Italy
- Gender
- Female
- Minority Group
- Ethnic, national and/or linguistic minorities
- Working Languages
- English
- Thematic Focus: Civil and Political Rights
- Access to justice
- Citizenship
- Equality in the justice system
- Freedom of expression
- Participation in public affairs: Participation in public affairs
- Thematic Focus: Economic and Social Rights
- Education: Education
- Thematic Focus: Cultural Rights
- Culture: Culture
- Language: Language
- Religion: Religion
- Thematic Focus: Bodily Integrity Rights
- Violence: Hate speech
- Thematic Focus: Other Issues
- Discrimination: Discrimination
- Migration
- Self-determination
- Special Measures: Special measures
- Advocacy activities
- Trainings
- Date added
- Oct 31, 2025
MRSN Bios
Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, Country Report, Brazil, 2025
- Type
- Country Report
- Year
- 2025
- Country
- Brazil
- Date added
- Oct 8, 2025
SR Racism
Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, 2024
- Type
- Report to the General Assembly
- Year
- 2024
- Theme
Special measures for underrepresented or marginalized racial and ethnic groups
- Date added
- Oct 8, 2025
SR Racism
Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, 2025
- Type
- Report to the Human Rights Council
- Year
- 2025
- Theme
Intersectionality from a racial justice perspective
- Date added
- Oct 8, 2025
SR Racism
Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Country Report, Panama, 2025
- Type
- Country Report
- Year
- 2025
- Country
- Panama
- Date added
- Oct 8, 2025
SR Migrants
Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Country Report, Colombia, 2025
- Type
- Country Report
- Year
- 2025
- Country
- Colombia
- Date added
- Oct 8, 2025
SR Migrants
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, 2025
- Type
- Report to the General Assembly
- Year
- 2025
- Theme
Externalization of migration governance and its effect on the human rights of migrants
- Date added
- Oct 8, 2025
SR Migrants
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, 2024
- Type
- Report to the General Assembly
- Year
- 2024
- Theme
Children are children first and foremost: protecting child rights in migrations contexts
- Date added
- Oct 8, 2025
SR Migrants
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, 2025
- Type
- Report to the Human Rights Council
- Year
- 2025
- Theme
Phenomenon of migrants going missing or subjected to enforced disappearance-human rights analysis
- Date added
- Oct 8, 2025
SR Migrants
Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Country Report, Hungary, 2025
- Type
- Country Report
- Year
- 2025
- Country
- Hungary
- Date added
- Oct 8, 2025
SR Religion
Report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, 2025
- Type
- Report to the General Assembly
- Year
- 2025
- Theme
Report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, 1986
- Date added
- Oct 8, 2025
SR Religion
Report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, 2025
- Type
- Report to the Human Rights Council
- Year
- 2025
- Theme
Freedom of religion or belief and the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
- Date added
- Oct 8, 2025
SR Religion
SRRIP Country Report, Canada, 2023
- Year
- 2023
- Type
- Country Report
- Country
- Canada
- Date added
- Oct 8, 2025
SR Indigenous Peoples
SRRIP Report to the Human Rights Council, 2024, Session 57
- Year
- 2024
- Type
- Report to the Human Rights Council
- Date added
- Oct 8, 2025
SR Indigenous Peoples
Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights Country Report, Chile, 2025
- Type
- Country Report
- Year
- 2025
- Country
- Chile
- Date added
- Oct 8, 2025
SR Cultural Rights