Matthias Hui (*1962) was coordinator of the NGO Platform Human Rights Switzerland at humanrights.ch until 2023. In this function, he coordinated NGO reports on the UN's state reporting procedures and the cooperation of human rights organisations on topics such as strengthening the protection against discrimination or Switzerland's foreign policy on human rights. In regard to politics and administration, he campaigned for issues such as the creation of the SHRI. Since 2013 he has also been co-editor of the religious-social magazine Neue Wege. Previously, he worked in the field of development cooperation and development policy in the Palestinian West Bank and at the Reformed Churches Bern-Jura-Solothurn.

Matthias Hui studied theology at the universities of Zurich, Berlin (Humboldt) and Berne; he completed a postgraduate degree in international law/human rights at the University of Bern. He lives in Bern.

Languages: German, French, English, Spanish, Arabic; basic knowledge of Italian.