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Geneva, 06 December, 2025.- The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) today issued its findings on Burundi, Guatemala, Maldives, New Zealand, Sweden and Tunisia after reviewing the six States Parties in its latest session. The findings contain the Committee’s main concerns and recommendations on the implementation ofContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 04 December, 2025.- UN experts* today expressed deep concern over the extradition of Vietnamese Montagnard human rights defender and UNHCR-recognised refugee Y Quynh Bdăp from Thailand to Viet Nam, warning that his return exposes him to a serious risk of torture or other ill-treatment, enforced disappearance, arbitrary detention andContinuar Leyendo

Ginebra, 1 de Diciembre de 2025.- La decisión de Ecuador de eliminar el Ministerio de la Mujer y de los Derechos Humanos y fusionarlo con el Ministerio del Gobierno representa un grave retroceso en los compromisos internacionales del país con la igualdad de género y los derechos humanos, afirmaron hoyContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, December 01, 2025.- UN experts* today expressed alarm at EU discussions about proposed legislation on the smuggling of migrants and its compatibility with international human rights law – particularly the potential absence of a mandatory humanitarian exemption. “Without a clearly defined mandatory humanitarian exemption, there is a serious riskContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, November 30, 2025.-  UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said today that Pakistan’s hastily adopted constitutional amendments seriously undermine judicial independence, and raise grave concerns about military accountability and respect for the rule of law. The Human Rights Chief said the latest constitutional amendment, like the 26thContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, November 30,  2025.- The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Alice Jill Edwards, today warned that rigorous oversight of security and policing trade fairs is necessary to prevent prohibited and inherently abusive law enforcement equipment hitting the market after such items were found on display at Milipol 2025, an armsContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, November 29, 2025.- UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Friday called on the military authorities in Guinea Bissau to respect and protect human rights following reports of politically motivated arrests and use of unnecessary or disproportionate force in the aftermath of the 26 November coup d’état. At leastContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 27 November, 2025.- The United States decision to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for people fleeing Myanmar is an assault on human rights and human decency based on a cruel fiction that ignores overwhelming evidence of Myanmar’s spiralling crisis, a UN expert warned today. “Defying reality, this decision putsContinuar Leyendo

Lisbon, 26 November, 2025.- A UN expert today called for greater clarity and robust system-wide action to integrate persons with albinism and ensure their ease of access to services, including education, health and employment in Portugal. “While I noted several positive initiatives by Portugal, there is a need for coordinatedContinuar Leyendo