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Geneva, September 10, 2025.- UN experts* today urged the United States to grant Palestinian leaders visas ahead of the UN General Assembly in New York in September, and lift the discriminatory suspension of processing visitor visas for all Palestinian nationals. “The General Assembly in New York is the epicentre ofContinuar Leyendo

Kuwait City, 9 September, 2025.- The State of Kuwait has made notable progress in advancing the rights of women and girls, particularly through the latest round of legal reform and a concerted push for increasing the participation of women and girls in society, the UN Special Rapporteur on violence againstContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 8 September, 2025.- A group of UN independent experts* today sounded the alarm about the reported expulsion of a young Guinean woman from Belarus to the Republic of Guinea on 7 August 2025, while her newborn child remained in Belarus. “The alleged forced separation of a young migrant motherContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 06, September, 2025.- UN experts* today issued an urgent appeal for an emergency meeting of the UN General Assembly, warning that the international community must act immediately before the 17 September-deadline for demanding an end to Israel’s occupation of Palestine, as genocide and a man-made famine unfold in Gaza.Continuar Leyendo

En esta acción presentada ante el Juzgado de Garantía de Osorno, el INDH pide que se aplique el Protocolo de Estambul y además que se solicite al Servicio de Salud información contenida en investigaciones internas que se hayan originado en estos hechos. Santiago, 05 de Septiembre de 2025.- La sedeContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 4 September, 2025.- UN experts* today welcomed the decision by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to veto 63 articles of Brazil’s recently adopted environmental licensing law, calling it a decisive step in preventing the dismantling of the environmental licensing process, and safeguarding human rights, the environment, and theContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 4 September, 2025.- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Thursday warned of a further deterioration in the human rights situation in Mali, amid deepening democratic reversals, rising insecurity and a crackdown on civil society. It has been five years now since the military overthrew the democraticallyContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 3 September, 2025.- The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) today issued its findings on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Finland, Kiribati, the Maldives, and the State of Palestine*, after reviewing the five States parties during its latest session. The findings contain theContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 2 September, 2025.- Growing restrictions on civic and democratic space in Cameroon in the lead up to the presidential election in October raise fears about whether voters can freely express their will, said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today. He urged the Government to take swiftContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 1 September, 2025.- UN experts* today expressed deep concern about the increase in serious human rights violations in Burundi, that has included attacks against civil society and political opponents and election violence. Between January 2024 and May 2025, Burundian civil society organisations documented at least 200 cases of sexualContinuar Leyendo