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Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Burundi

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Most recent Special Procedures' reports

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders - Mission to Burundi (A/HRC/31/55/Add.2)

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice - Mission to Burundi (A/HRC/30/42/Add.1)

Report of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Burundi (A/HRC/17/50) in French

Report of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Burundi (A/HRC/11/40)

Report of the independent expert on the situation of human rights in Burundi (A/HRC/9/14)

Most recent reports by the UN Secretary-General, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and Secretariat

Implementation of Human Rights Council resolution 30/27 - Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Burundi (A/HRC/32/30) Advance Edited Version

Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights and the activities of her Office in Burundi (A/HRC/12/43) 

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Most recent concluding observations

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Concluding observations (2016) CEDAW/C/BDI/CO/5-6

Committee against Torture
Concluding observations (2016) CAT/C/BDI/CO/2/Add.1

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Concluding observations (2015) E/C.12/BDI/CO/1

Human Rights Committee
Concluding observations (2014) CCPR/C/BDI/CO/2

Committee on the Rights of the Child
Concluding observations (2010) CRC/C/BDI/CO/2

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Concluding observations (1997) CERD/C/304/Add.42


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Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division (FOTCD)
Contact in Geneva, Switzerland.

Africa Branch
Tel. + 41 22 928 9360

Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Burundi
Feature stories
No human rights progress despite new presidency, Burundi inquiry finds
23-09-2020

Burundi - A knife or a steel bar? How would you prefer to be killed?
04-09-2017
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