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Geneva, 7 May, 2026.-The January 2026 executive order issued by the President of the United States imposing a fuel blockade on Cuba amounts to ‘energy starvation’ with grave consequences for human rights and the country’s overall development, UN experts* warned today. “Cuba has been subjected to energy starvation by theContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 06 May, 2026.- The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today expressed alarm over the persistent overrepresentation of Indigenous children in Australia’s criminal justice system, warning that this reflects systemic and structural racial discrimination against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander childrenContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, May 04, 2026.- Israel’s newly adopted “Death Penalty for Terrorists Law” perpetuates racial discrimination against Palestinians and amounts to a grave erosion of human rights, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination warned today, urging Israel to immediately repeal the law. The Committee expressed alarm that theContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 30 April, 2026.- UN experts* today expressed grave concern that sexual violence has become a tool of Israeli occupation, committing genocide, perpetuating the system of oppression by intimidating the Palestinian population and driving their forcible transfer. “Israeli sexual violence has become embedded in Palestinians’ daily lives under occupation,” theContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 29 April, 2026.- UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk today deplored the crackdown by Iranian authorities on dissent – in particular through the use of national security-related charges. At least 21 individuals have been executed and thousands of others arrested. Since the start of the devastating joint Israeli-US attacksContinuar Leyendo

Bogotá, 28 de Marzo de 2026.- El Grupo de Trabajo sobre mercenarios ha elogiado la firma del Presidente Petro de la nueva ley en Colombia que ratifica la Convención Internacional sobre Mercenarios del 1989. Sin embargo, también ha destacado los riesgos que supone el reclutamiento de ciudadanos colombianos para irContinuar Leyendo

Ginebra, 27 de Marzo de 2026.- Expertos de la ONU expresaron hoy profunda preocupación por informes creíbles sobre un rápido deterioro del espacio cívico que afecta a los Pueblos Indígenas y defensores de derechos humanos en Ecuador. “Los Pueblos Indígenas son esenciales para la estabilidad y el futuro económico deContinuar Leyendo

Ginebra, 26 de Marzo de 2026.- Venezuela debe garantizar que el mérito y la integridad demostrados sean la base para el nombramiento de Fiscal General y Defensor del Pueblo del país el 27 de marzo, afirmaron hoy expertas de la ONU*. “Dado el papel crucial que desempeñan estos dos cargosContinuar Leyendo

Yerevan, 25 March, 2026.- Armenia should build on recent legislative reforms and policy initiatives by advancing from formal to substantive gender equality to ensure lasting progress, the UN Working Group on discrimination against women and girls said today. “We commend the Government of Armenia for its sustained commitment to promotingContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 20 March, 2026.- UN experts* today condemned Israel’s accelerating campaign of ethnic cleansing and annexation in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, marked by the forced displacement of Palestinians and escalating violence by Israeli security forces and settlers terrorising Palestinian communities. “Against the backdrop of the US-Israel aggressionContinuar Leyendo