Human Rigths (Page 19)

Geneva, 1 July, 2025.- UN experts* today urged the United Kingdom not to ban the “direct action” group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation under the Terrorism Act 2000. “We are concerned at the unjustified labelling of a political protest movement as ‘terrorist’,” the experts said. “According to international standards,Continuar Leyendo

Geneva/ Bishkek, 30 June, 2025.- The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) is dismayed at Kyrgyzstan’s decision to abolish its independent torture prevention monitoring body, the National Centre for the Prevention of Torture (NCPT), without public consultation or transparency. The Kyrgyz Parliament has renewed its decision to abolish theContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 27 June, 2025.- UN experts* today unequivocally condemned the recent United States military attack against three nuclear facilities in Iran. “These attacks violate the most fundamental rules of world order since 1945 – the prohibition on the aggressive use of military force and the duties to respect sovereignty andContinuar Leyendo

Ginebra, 26 de Junio de 2025.- Los expertos de la ONU para la prevención de la tortura, al término de una visita de una semana a Perú, expresaron su preocupación por el grave hacinamiento en las cárceles, el uso generalizado de la prisión preventiva y una nueva ley que trataContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 26 June, 2025.- There is no sign of improvement in the human rights situation in Belarus, and the authorities are disregarding offers of cooperation, a UN expert said today. Nils Muižnieks was recently appointed as the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus. He presented theContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 25 June, 2025.- Unprecedented cuts to global aid and intensifying attacks on multilateralism are undermining decades of progress in the fight against poverty, the UN’s poverty expert warned today. “As countries turn their backs on international cooperation, we are witnessing a terrifying domino effect of cuts to global aid,Continuar Leyendo

Geneva, 24 June, 2025.- There is an urgency to facilitate the participation of Indigenous Peoples in the articulation of peaceful dispute resolution instead of excluding them from negotiations, a UN expert said today. “With increased polarisation, fragmentation, and violence threatening global democracy the inclusion of Indigenous Peoples as important internationalContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 23 June, 2025.- A UN expert said today that a lack of political will to take effective action against trafficking in persons, to ensure efficient application and enforcement of labour laws, and create safe, regular migration pathways, contributes to impunity, resulting in a protection gap within which rights violationsContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 22 June, 2025.- States must urgently step up efforts to prevent the disappearance including enforced disappearance of migrants, a UN expert told the Human Rights Council today. “The disappearance of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers is a largely neglected human rights challenge,” said Gehad Madi, the Special Rapporteur onContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 20 June, 2025.- UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk warned today of the disastrous consequences stemming from ongoing and escalating hostilities across the North Darfur and Kordofan regions in Sudan, where civilian casualties, sexual violence, abductions and looting have been reported in multiple areas. “The recent fighting and graveContinuar Leyendo