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Geneva/ Washington D.C. , July 01, 2021.-  Guatemala’s controversial new law targeting non-governmental organisations (NGOs) violates international human rights standards and could criminalize human rights defenders and civil society in general, UN and Organization of American States (OAS) experts* said today. “The changes introduced by this law risk choking theContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, June 30, 2021.- Prisoners in Haiti often spend years in inhumane conditions subjected to ill-treatment and torture and in many cases while still awaiting trial, according to a new UN report published on Wednesday. The report  by the UN Integrated Office in Haiti and the UN Human Rights Office,Continuar Leyendo

Geneva, June 30,  2021.- Countries must prepare for future crises by setting up a Global Fund for Social Protection, a new international financing mechanism that will help protect their populations from the next pandemic, says a new report presented today by Olivier De Schutter, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on poverty,Continuar Leyendo

Geneva, June 28, 2021.- States must bring their national laws in line with human rights standards if they are to effectively prevent and combat impunity for rape, Dubravka Šimonović, the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, said today. “States must address widespread impunity for perpetrators of rape and lackContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, June 28, 2021.-  The UN’s independent expert on human rights defenders said today she feared activists in China were being arbitrarily sentenced to long terms in prison or house arrest, and tortured, as well as being denied access to medical treatment, their lawyers and families. “Condemning human rights defenders,Continuar Leyendo

Geneva, June 2021.- UN human rights experts* today called on Pakistan to stop evicting close to 100,000 people living along two of Karachi’s narrow watercourses, locally known as nullahs – Gujjar nullah and Orangi nullah. “These actions were undertaken by city authorities without adequate consultation with the affected residents, noContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, June 24  2021.- Victims of torture have the right to rehabilitation and those who help them in this process must be allowed to carry out their work without reprisals UN human rights experts* said in a statement on the occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims ofContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, June 24, 2021.- UN human rights experts* today urged the Islamic Republic of Iran to halt the execution of a young Iranian man scheduled for 28 June, saying he was a child at the time of the crime, and was reportedly tortured to force a confession of guilt. “WeContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, June 23,  2021.- Governments must do more to guarantee universal and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines and to guarantee enjoyment of the right to life and health of billions of persons in the Global South, a UN expert told the Human Rights Council today. “The pandemic’s disproportionate impact onContinuar Leyendo

Geneva,  June 22,  2021.- A UN expert called on Bahrain to immediately release three human rights defenders suffering long term detention as a result of their legitimate promotion and protection of human rights in the country. Human rights defenders Mr. Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, whose detention was declared arbitrary by the UNContinuar Leyendo