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Geneva, 2 October, 2025.-UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Thursday called for urgent action to prevent large-scale, ethnically-driven attacks and atrocities in El Fasher, as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) intensify efforts to take control of the long-besieged capital of Sudan’s North Darfur State. “After over 500Continuar Leyendo

Geneva, 01 October, 2025.- A group of UN experts* today expressed concern about stigmatisation of religion or belief minorities in Japan, and its impacts on children and young people in particular. “We are disappointed that materials disseminated to children in Japan reinforce discriminatory stereotypes about religion or belief minorities, andContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 29 September, 2025.- A group of UN experts* today called on Belarus to lift unnecessary restrictions on communication between women deprived of liberty on dubious extremism charges and their children. “We have received reports about women deprived of liberty on the basis of extremism charges who are being deniedContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 29 September, 2025.- Over 1000 people have been killed in less than nine months of 2025, UN experts said today, warning that the figures represented a dramatic escalation that violates international human rights law. “The sheer scale of executions in Iran is staggering and represents a grave violation ofContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 25 September, 2025.- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today called on the transitional authorities in Guinea to ensure all eligible voters, candidates, and political parties can meaningfully participate in the presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for December. The High Commissioner spoke in the aftermath of theContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 24 September, 2025.- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said on Wednesday that the new Joint Framework between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Ireland is an important and positive step towards addressing key human rights impactsContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 23 September, 2025.- There is an alarming escalation in repression targeting human rights defenders, lawyers, journalists, political opponents and anti-war activists and others who express dissent in the Russian Federation, a UN expert said today, warning that the targeting is not incidental but coordinated and central to State policy.Continuar Leyendo

Geneva, 22 September, 2025.- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said on Wednesday that the first convictions handed down by the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (SJP), the transitional justice tribunal established by the Colombia 2016 Peace Agreement, are a “crucial milestone on the path to accountability”. “After decadesContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 20 September, 2025.- The conflict-driven crisis in Sudan intensified in the first half of the year, a report by the UN Human Rights Office shows, citing a significant rise in civilian killings, including summary executions, amid growing ethnic violence and a worsening humanitarian situation. Between 1 January and 30Continuar Leyendo

Geneva, 17 September, 2025.- Two UN experts* today welcomed the World Health Organization’s (WHO) decision to restore sunscreen on the model lists of essential medicines. “The decision to restore sunscreen on the WHO’s national essential medicines lists is an important development in the long struggle to draw attention to, andContinuar Leyendo