Burundi: As risk factors multiply, it is imperative to extend the Special Rapporteur’s mandate

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 started with the 2025 legislative and communal elections and will culminate with the 2027 presidential election, and is associated with multiple risk factors of grave human rights violations and atrocities, the UN Human Rights Council should maintain its scrutiny of the country. At its 60th session (8 September-8 October 2025), it should extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Burundi.

Please Download here Letter from civil society organisations on the extension of the Special Rapporteur’s mandate in Burundi