The Batwa are a distinct ethnic group in Rwanda, numbering an estimated 35.000 people. Until recently, they provided for themselves as hunter-gatherers. Due to displacement and dispossession, the Batwa have become severely impoverished and marginalised, facing discrimination and a lack of access to health services. During a UN periodic review in April 2016, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial...
Photo credits: UNPO/Witness Image On Monday 23 January 2017, UNPO submitted a report for the 66th session of the United Nations' Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women...
UNPO’s submission, prepared thanks to the information acquired by UNPO during its numerous fact-finding missions in Rwanda, as well as thanks to the cooperation with partner organisations...
The promises of the UN World Conference in 2014 were to promote and protect the rights of indigenous peoples, particularly by cooperating with indigenous representative institutions, to improve access...
While from a legal point of view the Islamic Republic of Mauritania has over the past few years taken commendable measures towards ending slavery, it seems that in practice there are little to no significant...
UNPO carried out field research on the Mapuche indigenous groups during a UNPO fact-finding mission to Chile in December 2014, by visiting Mapuche communities in Araucanía region, while...
UNPO has recently submitted three reports on the occasion of the 50th Session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights due to take place in Geneva, from 29 April - 17 May 2013. The Committee...
UNPO has submitted an alternative report to the 50th Pre-sessional Working Group of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) ahead of the consideration of Rwanda’s initial report....
The Batwa, indigenous to the Great Lakes region of Africa suffer from severe impoverishment and exceptionally low socio-economic and health indicators and are almost entirely absent from grassroots, regional...
The Batwa, indigenous to the Great Lakes region of Africa suffer from severe impoverishment and exceptionally low socio-economic and health indicators and are almost entirely absent from grassroots, regional...
A report of the UNPO Mission with APB, Investigating the situation of the Batwa People of Rwanda.September 28- December 15, 1994Download the report in PDFIn July 1994, Charles Uwiragiye, Executive Secretary...
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