This year, the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization marks its 35th anniversary. It is a moment to celebrate—and ...

The UNPO has submitted written information to both the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) and the Committee on Enforced ...

A chapter by UNPO Secretary-General Mercè Monje Cano and Oxford Professor Fiona McConnell explores how diplomatic training can empower marginalized ...

Genocide Watch has published a report exposing severe human rights violations against the Hmong in Laos, warning that they are at critical stages of dehumanization, polarization and persecution. The ...

While spaces for conversation, and exchange are shrinking worldwide and communities' voices are drowned out by a shifted focus on new global crises, UNPO intends to bring people in direct contact with ...

Seven UN Special Rapporteurs have sent a Joint Allegation Letter (JAL) to the Islamic Republic of Iran raising the issue of the environmental degradation of the Hur Al-Azim wetland in Khuzestan and ...

The UNPO and its Member, the Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA) in Mauritania, have jointly filed a report to the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human ...

The UNPO and IRA recently submitted a detailed report to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in advance of the fourth cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). The report ...

On 12 June, Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu posthumously pardoned Ken Saro-Wiwa, one of the Ogoni Nine (also including Saturday Dobee, Nordu Eawo, Daniel Gbooko, Paul Levera, Felix Nuate, ...

UNPO Academy has published a new paper, “Non-Violent Struggles for Peoples’ Rights: Lessons from History and Today,” which examines how nonviolent resistance remains essential for unrepresented ...

In a session of the UN Forum on Minority Issues convened by the World Uyghur Congress, with the participation of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization and Minority Rights Group, Mercè ...

In November 2024, the UNPO has made a submission to the UN Special Rapporteurs in respect of the ongoing human rights violations in Annobón. Some of the issues highlighted in the submission include (i ...