Miloon Kothari is an independent expert on human rights and social policy. He served as the first UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing (2000-2008). From 2021 to 2025, he was a Commissioner with the UN Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territories including East Jerusalem, and in Israel. From 2021 to 2025 he was a lead trainer for Human Rights Executive Courses at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights. 

Mr. Kothari has published widely on issues such as the housing and land rights, gender, forced evictions, globalization and its impact on human rights, civil society, and the environment. He regularly advises governments, UN agencies, national human rights institutions, research organizations and international and national civil society organizations on the UN human rights system. 

He is the founding member and Convener (2009-2014) of the Working Group on Human Rights in India and the UN (WGHR). An architect by training, Mr Kothari has been a Guest Professor and Visiting Scholar to numerous universities and institutions across the world. From 2013 to 2015, Mr. Kothari was appointed Dr. Martin Luther King visiting scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Since February 2021, he has been a Visiting Professor at the Geneva Graduate Institute teaching in their multidisciplinary programme. He is also lead trainer with the Geneva Human Rights Hub (GHRH).