Dr Albert K. Barume
- Speaker
UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
Dr Albert K. Barume was appointed as UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples in December 2024. He holds a Ph.D. in International Human Rights Law and has over 25 years of experience working on Indigenous Peoples’ rights at national, regional and international levels. He was an Independent Expert on the rights of Indigenous Peoples at the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights. Dr Barume worked as a Senior Specialist on the rights of Indigenous Peoples at the International Labour Organisation and later served as Chairperson and Member of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP).