Geneva, May 06, 2021.- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Thursday sounded the alarm over the rising number of threats, attacks and attempts to undermine and delegitimise independent national human rights institutions (NHRIs) in Latin America and the Caribbean by Governments and others in positions of power.Continuar Leyendo
Geneva, May 05, 2021.- The adoption of new state laws in Florida and Oklahoma, among others, aimed at suppressing racial justice protests and the Black Lives Matter movement seems to violate international law and the US constitution’s protection of the right to peaceful assembly, a UN human rights expert saidContinuar Leyendo
Geneva, May 04, 2021.- United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Monday warned that the decision by El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly to dismiss the magistrates of the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice and the Attorney General seriously undermines democracy and the rule of lawContinuar Leyendo
Geneva, May 4, 2021.- UN human rights experts* today expressed serious concern over the condition of imprisoned Iranian filmmaker and political activist Mohammad Nourizad and called for his immediate release. His health has reportedly deteriorated so severely that he risks serious complications and possible death if he remains in prisonContinuar Leyendo
Brussels/Geneva, April 30, 2021.- «The devastating impact of COVID-19 serves as a stark reminder that the European Union must put human lives over economic policies that privilege competition between EU Member States,» the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De Schutter, said ahead of the EUContinuar Leyendo
Geneva, April 28, 2021.- UN experts* today called on Nigerian authorities to comply with the decision of the Federal High Court to release the prominent humanist and rights defender Mubarak Bala on bail. “Today marks one year since Mr. Bala was arrested and detained in Kano State, without any formalContinuar Leyendo
Geneva, April 27, 2021.- UN Human rights experts* expressed serious concern for the independence of Nepal’s National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) after the recent appointment of new members that they regard as being inconsistent with international standards. The experts urged the Government to rectify the situation immediately. “We are deeplyContinuar Leyendo
Geneva, 27 April, 2021.- UN human rights experts* today urged the immediate release of infirm inmate Huseyn Abdullayev, a vocal opponent of the Government of Azerbaijan, who has been granted asylum in Germany on political grounds. Mr. Abdullayev was arrested in Turkey on 21 April 2018 and forcibly transferred toContinuar Leyendo
Ginebra, 23 de Abril de 2021.- El Foro Regional de las Américas sobre la prevención de conflictos y la protección de los derechos humanos de las minorías en la región, convocado por el Relator Especial de las Naciones Unidas sobre cuestiones de las minorías, Fernand de Varennes, tendrá lugar losContinuar Leyendo
Geneva, April 21, 2021.- UN human rights experts* today expressed alarm at the deteriorating health situation of detained Russian Government critic Alexei Navalny, and called for his urgent medical evacuation from Russia. “We believe Mr. Navalny’s life is in serious danger,” said the independent experts appointed by the Human RightsContinuar Leyendo
