Geneva, 7 August, 2025.- A group of UN experts* today decried Israel’s escalation of its genocidal campaign against the Palestinian people in Gaza, while calling on the international community to end its complicity in the face of Israeli atrocities as ceasefire talks continue without progress. “Displacement orders from the IsraeliContinuar Leyendo
Geneva, 7 August, 2025.- UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Wednesday condemned the escalation in deadly attacks by the Rwandan-backed M23 and other armed groups against civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo over the past month. According to first-hand accounts received by the UN Human Rights Office,Continuar Leyendo
Geneva, 1 Aug, 2025.- The abrupt suspension of United States of America’s foreign aid has fuelled a global humanitarian catastrophe – made worse by the administration’s failure to publish a review it committed to undertake of USAID contracts and disbursements, UN human rights experts* said today. In a letter toContinuar Leyendo
Geneva, 30 July, 2025.- The Special Rapporteur on torture, Alice Jill Edwards, today expressed deep concern about the growing number of starvation-related deaths among Palestinians in Gaza and joined calls for rapid, unimpeded, impartial and safe aid delivery. “Depriving people of food, water and dignity has been a serious andContinuar Leyendo
La sede del INDH hizo una presentación sobre las normas internacionales que dan cuenta de este crimen. El enfoque de derechos humanos es un elemento clave para su abordaje. Valparaíso, 30 de Julio de 2025.- La sede de Valparaíso del Instituto Nacional de Derechos Humanos (INDH) expuso sobre estándares internacionalesContinuar Leyendo
Geneva, 30 July, 2025.- The withdrawal of sanctions against individuals and companies that have provided weapons, military supplies and other material support to the Myanmar military is a shocking turn in U.S. policy that risks emboldening Myanmar’s military junta and its enablers, a UN expert said today. “This is aContinuar Leyendo
Geneva, 30 July, 2025.- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Wednesday called on Thailand and Cambodia to protect civilians from further harm by fully respecting and implementing the ceasefire agreed on Monday, stressing the need to take quick measures to build confidence and peace. “Particularly at thisContinuar Leyendo
Geneva, 28 July, 2025.- The historic Advisory Opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has unequivocally concluded that international human rights law is part of the stringent obligations of States to protect the climate system and the environment, and their violation entails State responsibility to provide reparations for harm,Continuar Leyendo
Kinshasa, July 25, 2025.- The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) should take urgent action to combat trafficking in persons, particularly affecting women and children, and ensure accountability, a UN expert said today. “Conflict-related trafficking of children by armed groups persists with impunity, and is at alarming levels, with devastatingContinuar Leyendo
Geneva, 24 July, 2025.- UN experts* today expressed grave concern over systematic and ongoing violations by Israeli settlers and Israeli security forces against Palestinian peasants and rural workers in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem. «We are deeply troubled by alleged widespread intimidation, violence, land dispossession, destruction of livelihoodsContinuar Leyendo
