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Geneva, 21 May, 2022.- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Monday begins a six-day official mission to China, at the invitation of the Government. This is the first country visit by a UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to China since 2005. During her visit, the HighContinuar Leyendo

Tehran, 19 May, 2022.- The complex set of unilateral sanctions against Iran, coupled with secondary sanctions against third-parties, overcompliance and zero-risking policies by businesses and financial institutions, exacerbate existing humanitarian and economic challenges and negatively affect the lives of the people, in particular the most vulnerable, a UN human rightsContinuar Leyendo

Ginebra, 17 de Mayo de 2022.- Ecuador discriminó en contra del activista de derechos indígenas Yaku Pérez Guartambel al negarse a reconocer validez a su matrimonio oficiado por autoridades tradicionales indígenas, concluyó el Comité para la Eliminación de la Discriminación Racial (CERD). El Comité emitió su decisión luego de examinarContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 17 May, 2022.- The 100,000 officially registered disappearances in Mexico illustrate a long-standing pattern of impunity in the country, indicating the tragedy continues daily, UN human rights experts warned. The Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) and the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) today expressed grave concernContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 16 May, 2022.- A UN human rights expert today called on the international community to step up its support for Ukraine’s own investigations into alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the context of the armed attack by the Russian Federation, saying it is crucial that allContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 16 May, 2022.- UN human rights experts urgently called on Israel and the international community to stop the forced evictions, arbitrary displacement and forcible transfer of Palestinian communities from Masafer Yatta in the occupied West Bank. “Following the judgement of the Israeli High Court of Justice earlier this month,Continuar Leyendo

Geneva, 14 May, 2022.-  The UN Committee against Torture (CAT) on Friday published findings on Cuba, Iceland, Iraq, Kenya, Montenegro and Uruguay, the six State parties it reviewed during its latest session. The findings contain positive aspects of each country’s implementation of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, InhumanContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 13 May, 2022.- UN human rights experts* condemn the killing of Al Jazeera journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh, in the occupied West Bank and call for a prompt, transparent, thorough and independent investigation into her death. The experts said Abu Akleh’s killing was a continuation of the high rate ofContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 12 May, 2022.- The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) is concerned about the prolonged pre-trial detention, overcrowding and deplorable living conditions in places of deprivation of liberty that it observed during its second visit to Lebanon. «Twelve years have passed but most of the recommendations from ourContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 12 May, 2022.-  UN human rights experts* today called on the Government of Singapore to immediately impose a moratorium on the use of the death penalty, and said its continued use of capital punishment for drug-related crimes ran contrary to international law. The experts condemned the execution in SingaporeContinuar Leyendo