Human Rigths (Page 108)

Geneva, November 16, 2021.-  UN human rights experts* today called on Iran to repeal a wide-ranging new law that severely restricts access to abortion, contraception, voluntary sterilization services and related information, in direct violation of women’s human rights under international law. The ‘Youthful Population and Protection of the Family’ law,Continuar Leyendo

GENEVA (15 November) — The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) today issued its findings on Ecuador, Egypt, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Russia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sweden and Yemen, the States parties that it reviewed during its latest session. The findings contain positive aspects of eachContinuar Leyendo

Beirut, November 12, 2021.- The Lebanese authorities’ destruction of the national currency, political deadlock, and reinforcement of long-standing inequalities have plunged the country into abject poverty, a UN human rights expert said today. “Lebanon is not a failed State yet, but it is a failing State, with a government failingContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, November 11, 2021.- The UN Human Rights Committee today issued its findings on Germany, Ukraine, Armenia and Botswana, the States parties that it reviewed during its latest session. The findings contain positive aspects of each country’s implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, as well asContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, November 10, 2021.- UN human rights experts* today condemned Tunisia’s recent collective expulsion of migrants and asylum seekers, pointing to allegations that they were subjected to brutal racism and arbitrarily expelled to dangerous conditions in Libya. Dozens of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa remain in a precarious situation near theContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, November 08, 2021.- UN human rights experts* today urgently appealed to Singapore to definitively halt the execution of Malaysian national Nagaenthran a/l K Dharmalingam, known as Naga, who has psychosocial disabilities. He was originally scheduled to be executed on 10 November for drug offences. “We note that a temporaryContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, November 05, 2021.- UN experts* today sharply criticized Cambodia for “weaponising” its court system to methodically reduce the scope for citizen action, and called on the country to protect freedom of expression after convictions of 15 human rights defenders and political activists in two separate cases. “We are extremelyContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, November 05, 2021.- Bulgaria must ensure humane conditions for detained migrants, especially children, and that detention is carried out only when strictly necessary, UN rights experts have said at the end of their first official visit to the country. “We are particularly concerned about child migrants held in detention.Continuar Leyendo

Helsinki, November 04, 2021.-Finland has a commendable social protection and social and health care system for older persons, but needs to recognize they are not a homogenous group and do more to serve their individual needs, a UN expert said today. At the end of a 10-day-long visit to Finland,Continuar Leyendo

Geneva, November 03, 2021.- Human rights defenders in Afghanistan describe living under a climate of fear, threats, intense insecurity and growing desperation, a UN expert said today, calling for an urgent coordinated response from the international community. “The threat is very real,” said Mary Lawlor, the UN Special Rapporteur onContinuar Leyendo