Burundi: As risk factors multiply, extend the Special Rapporteur’s mandate
20 August 2025
In a joint letter released today, 40+ Burundian, African, and international NGOs call on the UN Human Rights Council to extend the vital mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Burundi. “As serious human rights violations and abuses continue to be committed in Burundi in a context of widespread impunity, and as the country has entered a long electoral cycle [that] is associated with multiple risk
