Miloon Kothari

Miloon Kothari is an Indian scholar and activist From 2015 to 2022, he was the President of UPR Info. He was convener of the Working Group on Human Rights in India and the UN (WGHR) from 2009 to 2014, an Indian human rights coalition that notably focuses on the Universal Periodic Review. He is the founder of the Delhi-based Housing and Land Rights Network (HLRN), which aims to work toward the "realization of the human rights to adequate housing and land." He is serving as a member of the UN Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel till October 31, 2025.

Kothari was also a visiting scholar at the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT from 2013 to 2014. Kothari has published over 50 works on numerous areas in human rights, policy and law, and activism. received his B.A. from Columbia University. He also holds degrees from the Pratt Institute and the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda.

Mondoweiss interview

In an interview with the anti-Zionist website Mondoweiss in 2022,

Kothari was criticised by antisemitism scholar Deborah Lipstadt and by the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Human Rights Council. Kothari apologised for his words, calling them incorrect, inappropriate, and insensitive.