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Geneva, July 18, 2021.- Children’s rights in Myanmar are facing an onslaught that risks leaving an entire generation damaged, the UN Child Rights Committee (CRC) has warned. Since the military coup, 75 children have been killed, about 1,000 arbitrarily detained and countless more deprived of essential medical care and education,Continuar Leyendo

Geneva, July 16, 2021.- UN human rights experts today called on India to halt evictions of some 100,000 people – including 20,000 children – that began this week in the midst of monsoon rains. Demolition of homes began on Wednesday, 14 July, in a village in Haryana State built onContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, July 15, 2021.- A UN expert today expressed dismay at the continued widespread arrest and extended pre-trial detention of human rights defenders in Egypt, saying activists have been detained without warrants, held incommunicado and then accused of multiple spurious offences. “Exercising one’s right to freedom of expression, association orContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, July 13, 2021.- The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar called for emergency international engagement to address a “perfect storm” of factors that are fuelling the deepening COVID-19 crisis in Myanmar. “An explosion of COVID cases, including the Delta variant, the collapse of Myanmar’sContinuar Leyendo

Geneva,  July 12, 2021.- The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967, Michael Lynk, condemned the demolition by Israel of the homes and property belonging to the Palestinian Bedouin community of Humsa al-Baqai’a, in the northern Jordan Valley of the occupiedContinuar Leyendo

The Council today decided to prolong the sanctions targeting specific economic sectors of the Russian Federation for a further six months, until 31 January 2022. Brussels, July 12, 2021.- The Council decision follows the latest assessment of the state of implementation of the Minsk agreements – initially foreseen to happenContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, July 09, 2021.-  The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967, Michael Lynk, today called on the international community to designate the creation of Israeli settlements as a war crime under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. LynkContinuar Leyendo

Ginebra, 09 de Julio de 2021.- Expertos* de la ONU han instado hoy al Gobierno de Honduras a poner fin a la detención arbitraria y criminalización de defensores y defensoras de derechos humanos de la comunidad garífuna. La comunidad garífuna cuenta con una población aproximada de 300.000 habitantes en HondurasContinuar Leyendo

Geneva,  July 07, 2021.- The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Tom Andrews, today called for the urgent formation of an “Emergency Coalition for the People of Myanmar“ to stop what he described as the military junta’s “reign of terror” in the country. Addressing theContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, July 06, 2021.- UN human rights experts* today expressed serious concerns about a number of attacks by security forces against critics of the Palestinian Authority, including the death in custody, reportedly as a result of beatings, of a well-known commentator and opposition candidate. “Nizar Banat’s death in the occupiedContinuar Leyendo