GENEVA (5 July 2024) – The UN Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and human rights, Attiya Waris, will visit Angola from 8 to 17 July 2024. Waris will examine issues related to debt management, sustainability and debt restructuring, fiscal affairs, illicit financial flow, and their implications for human rights. She aims to provide insights and recommendations to the Government and other stakeholders. The Independent Expert will meet with Government ministries and provincial authorities, members of the legislature and judiciary, state institutions, civil society organisations, academics, and individuals. She will visit the Luanda and the Benguela provinces. A press conference will be held on Wednesday 17 July at 15:00 (local time) at the Hotel Presidente in Luanda. The entrance will be at Largo 17 de Setembro 4, Luanda, and access will be strictly limited to journalists. The Independent Expert will present her report to the Human Rights Council in March 2025. Attiya Waris is the Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt The Special Rapporteurs are part of what is known as the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council. Special Procedures, the largest body of independent experts in the UN Human Rights system, is the general name of the Council’s independent fact-finding and monitoring mechanisms that address either specific country situations or thematic issues in all parts of the world. Special Procedures’ experts work on a voluntary basis; they are not UN staff and do not receive a salary for their work. They are independent from any government or organization and serve in their individual capacity. UN Human Rights country page: Angola For more information and media requests please contact: Halida Nasic (halida.nasic@un.org) For media inquiries related to other UN independent experts please contact. Dharisha Indraguptha (dharisha.indraguptha@un.org) or John Newland (john.newland@un.org).