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Geneva, January 21, 2022.- I warmly welcome the vote by Parliament in Papua New Guinea on 20 January to repeal the death penalty. There have been no executions in Papua New Guinea since 1954 and the death penalty was abolished in 1970. However, it was reinstated in 1991 and peopleContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, January 17, 2022.- Taliban leaders in Afghanistan are institutionalizing large scale and systematic gender-based discrimination and violence against women and girls, a group of UN human rights experts* said today. The experts reiterated their alarm expressed since August 2021 at a series of restrictive measures that have been introducedContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, January 14, 2022.- The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Nils Melzer, today postponed his detention visit to Brian K. following the announcement by the Swiss authorities that he would be transferred “in the coming days” from Pöschwies high security prison to a different facility with a view to improvingContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, January 13, 2022.- UN human rights experts* expressed dismay at the decision by Iranian authorities to proceed with the execution of juvenile offender Hossein Shahbazi despite repeated calls to halt it. The execution of Mr. Shahbazi was scheduled to take place on 5 January 2022 but was temporarily halted.Continuar Leyendo

Geneva, January 11, 2022.- UN human rights experts* today called on the Kazakhstan authorities and security forces to halt their unrestrained use of force, including lethal force, against protesters and ensure that an independent and human-rights based investigations of State use of force against protesters is undertaken. The experts saidContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, January 05, 2022.- The arrest and detention of at least 29 casino union leaders and activists during a strike that began on New Year’s Eve in Cambodia may amount to a breach of human rights law, UN experts said today. “Many of the arrests of the mostly women strikersContinuar Leyendo

Geneva,  January 05, 2022.- The arrest and detention of at least 29 casino union leaders and activists during a strike that began on New Year’s Eve in Cambodia may amount to a breach of human rights law, UN experts said today. “Many of the arrests of the mostly women strikersContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, December  28, 2021.-  The Director General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, and Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, continue to be deeply concerned for the well-being of two of their staff members who were detained in early November in Sana’a, Yemen. No communication from the UN has beenContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, December 27,  2021.- The Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent was in Paris, France, from 13 to 16 December on a working visit aimed at assessing and better understanding the situation of peoples of African descent, and providing advice to assist them and other relevant stakeholdersContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, December 24, 2021.- UN human rights experts* today called on the international community to take urgent steps to clear the way for humanitarian aid in Afghanistan in order to prevent an impending humanitarian catastrophe from unfolding there this winter. The call came one day after the UN Security CouncilContinuar Leyendo