Geneva, 2 September, 2021.- The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) calls on the authorities of Afghanistan to uphold the international obligations of the State, especially to the provisions of the Convention against Torture and of its Optional Protocol (OPCAT). The SPT’s statement is as follows: “As Afghanistan hasContinuar Leyendo
Geneva, 1 September ,2021.- The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has issued its findings on Lebanon and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the two States parties which it examined during its latest session. The findings contain positive aspects of each country’s implementation of the International ConventionContinuar Leyendo
Geneva, August 31, 2021.- Russia must overturn the conviction of human rights defender Semyon Simonov and must stop using its “foreign agents” law to punish people whose legitimate work is standing up for human rights, a UN expert said today. Mr. Simonov, head of the Southern Human Rights Centre inContinuar Leyendo
Geneva, August 30, 2021.- The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) call on the Taliban to honour their pledge to protect Afghan women and girls, and to respect and fulfil the human rights enshrined inContinuar Leyendo
Ginebra, 26 de Agosto de 2021.- Los juicios contra el ex juez español Baltasar Garzón por los casos Franquismo y Gürtel fueron arbitrarios y no cumplieron con los principios de independencia e imparcialidad judicial, según concluyó el Comité de Derechos Humanos de la ONU en una decisión que se publicaContinuar Leyendo
Geneva, August 24, 2021.- UN human rights experts have sharply criticised Cambodian authorities over the conviction of prominent human rights defender Rong Chhun, sentenced to prison last week along with two of his supporters over comments he made on Facebook about alleged community land loss and forced evictions along Cambodia’sContinuar Leyendo
Geneva, August 23, 2021.- A UN human rights expert today called on the Brazilian Supreme Court to secure the rights of indigenous peoples to their lands and to reject a legal argument being promoted by some businesses that want to exploit natural resources on traditional indigenous lands. “Acceptance of thisContinuar Leyendo
Geneva, August 19, 2021.- The UN’s draft plan to preserve and protect nature must be amended to put human rights at its centre if we are to ensure the future of life on our planet, David Boyd, UN special rapporteur on human rights and environment, said today. “Leaving human rightsContinuar Leyendo
Geneva, August 18, 2021.- UN experts today demanded the release of journalist and human rights defender Dawit Isaak, imprisoned without trial in Eritrea since 2001, amid uncertainty about whether he is even still alive. “To this day, Dawit Isaak has never been charged with a crime, spent a day inContinuar Leyendo
Geneva, August 17, 2021.- A UN human rights expert today warned of a “cultural disaster” in Afghanistan after Kabul fell to Taliban forces, and urged States to provide urgent assistance to human rights defenders, including those working on women’s and cultural rights, as well as artists, trying to flee theContinuar Leyendo
