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Geneva, 30 July, 2025.- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Wednesday called on Thailand and Cambodia to protect civilians from further harm by fully respecting and implementing the ceasefire agreed on Monday, stressing the need to take quick measures to build confidence and peace. “Particularly at thisContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 28 July, 2025.- The historic Advisory Opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has unequivocally concluded that international human rights law is part of the stringent obligations of States to protect the climate system and the environment, and their violation entails State responsibility to provide reparations for harm,Continuar Leyendo

Kinshasa, July 25, 2025.- The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) should take urgent action to combat trafficking in persons, particularly affecting women and children, and ensure accountability, a UN expert said today. “Conflict-related trafficking of children by armed groups persists with impunity, and is at alarming levels, with devastatingContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 24 July, 2025.- UN experts* today expressed grave concern over systematic and ongoing violations by Israeli settlers and Israeli security forces against Palestinian peasants and rural workers in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem. «We are deeply troubled by alleged widespread intimidation, violence, land dispossession, destruction of livelihoodsContinuar Leyendo

Santiago, 23 de julio 2025.- La Relatora Especial de las Naciones Unidas sobre los derechos a la libertad de reunión pacífica y de asociación, Gina Romero, hoy, valoró la resiliencia de la sociedad y los avances institucionales alcanzados para garantizar estos derechos. Aunque advirtió que existen transformaciones que requieren atenciónContinuar Leyendo

Ginebra, 19 Julio de 2025.- La Relatora Especial de la ONU sobre la Tortura y Otros Tratos o Penas Crueles, Inhumanos o Degradantes, Alice Jill Edwards, celebró hoy la inclusión de las personas privadas de libertad en la histórica Opinión Consultiva sobre Emergencia Climática y Derechos Humanos de la CorteContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 14 July, 2025.- UN experts* today expressed alarm at the situation of lawyers in Tunisia, noting a serious deterioration in the last year. “Targeting legal professionals solely for performing their role in the justice system or exercising their freedom of expression poses a direct threat to the integrity andContinuar Leyendo

Geneva/Port-Au-Prince, 11 July, 2025.- Escalating gang violence outside Port-au-Prince has claimed over 1,000 lives and forced hundreds of thousands to flee since October 2024, threatening to destabilise not only Haiti but also other countries in the Caribbean, a UN human rights report warned today. The report, by the United NationsContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 13 July, 2025.- UN human rights experts* today welcomed the Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ historic Advisory Opinion on the Climate Emergency and Human Rights, and its detailed clarifications on “reinforced” human rights obligations to address climate change and protect life-supporting systems on earth. “We welcome the Court’s recognitionContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 11 July, 2025.- Human rights experts* today welcomed the announcement by the Pre-Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue arrest warrants against two senior Taliban leaders – Haibatullah Akhundzada and Abdul Hakim Haqqani – due to their alleged responsibility for the crime against humanity of persecutionContinuar Leyendo