Unia

Anyone in Belgium who has been the target of discrimination or a witness to it can turn to Unia. We will inform you about your rights and to help you look for a solution. Unia also mounts campaigns for equal opportunities and against discrimination, formulates recommendations for government authorities and generates tools, publications and statistics.

Unia is an independent public institution that fights discrimination and promotes equal opportunities. Our independence and engagement in favor of human rights is recognized by the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions. We have interfederal competence, which means that, in Belgium, we are active at the federal level as well as the level of the regions and communities.

As an independent mechanism on the basis of article 33.2 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), Unia has also been responsible for promoting, protecting and monitoring the implementation of the CRPD in Belgium since 2011.