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Geneva, 10 July, 2025.- The Coordination Committee of the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council today strongly condemned the US Government’s sanctions on Francesca Albanese, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, for allegedly assisting the International Criminal Court inContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 7 July, 2025.- The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) today issued its findings on Afghanistan, Botswana, Chad, Fiji, Ireland, Mexico, San Marino, Solomon Islands, Thailand, and Tuvalu, after reviewing these States parties. The findings contain positive aspects of each country’s implementation of the ConventionContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 06 July, 2025.- UN experts* today expressed alarm over the crackdown in the Islamic Republic of Iran since hostilities began on 13 June 2025 and the subsequent ceasefire. “Post-conflict situations must not be used as an opportunity to suppress dissent and increase repression,” the experts said. Acknowledging the impactContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 3 July, 2025.-Israel’s genocide against Palestinians is being sustained by a system of exploitative occupation and profit, a UN expert warned today in a new report to the Human Rights Council that reveals how corporate profiteering and monetary gain has enabled and legitimised Israel’s illegal presence and actions. “InContinuar Leyendo

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