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Geneva, 22 November 2021.-  UN human rights experts* today urged China to immediately release imprisoned citizen journalist and woman human rights defender Zhang Zhan on humanitarian grounds, saying her health is deteriorating rapidly and her life is in danger. “Failure by the Chinese authorities to act swiftly and effectively couldContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, November 22, 2021.-Children born as a result of rape committed in armed conflict must be given better help and support, while women who survive sexual violence require comprehensive protection by the State, two UN committees urged in a joint statement on Friday. “Children born of rape in the contextContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, November 20, 2021.-  UN human rights experts expressed grave concerns about the forced return of seven Eritrean asylum seekers today, including five children, from Egypt, despite the risk of enforced disappearance, torture and ill-treatment, and in violation of international human rights obligations. “Individuals who have fled Eritrea and subsequentlyContinuar Leyendo

Ginebra, 19 de Noviembre de 2021.-  Hoy expertos de derechos humanos de la ONU* instaron a Honduras, elegido el mes pasado para el Consejo de Derechos Humanos, a liberar a ocho defensores del medio ambiente de acuerdo con las recomendaciones emitidas por un órgano de la ONU. “Como nuevo miembroContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, November 18, 2021.- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Thursday condemned the killing by security forces of at least 39 people in Sudan since the 25 October military coup, 15 of whom were reportedly shot dead yesterday alone during protests in Khartoum, Khartoum-Bahri and Omdurman. “FollowingContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, November 18, 2021.-  A UN human rights expert urged judicial authorities in Greece against criminalising the work of migrant rescuers in the Mediterranean Sea, saying a guilty verdict in a court case against two human rights defenders whose trial opened today could translate into ‘death sentences’ for countless moreContinuar Leyendo

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