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Genea, 4 June, 2025.-A UN expert* today expressed grave concern over the ongoing land demarcation by the Government of Kenya in the Eastern Mau Complex, which threatens ancestral lands of the Ogiek Peoples and contravenes binding judgments of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (AfCHPR). “These actions riskContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 03 June, 2025.- UN experts* today called for safe passage for the Freedom Flotilla Coalition’s ship carrying essential medical aid, food, and baby supplies to Gaza which departed from Italy on 1 June 2025. “Aid is desperately needed for the people of Gaza to forestall annihilation, and this initiativeContinuar Leyendo

Kinshasa, 2 June, 2025.- The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo must lead protection of internally displaced persons across the country, where over 7 million people have been driven from their homes by armed conflict, intercommunal violence and forced evictions in the context of conservation and extractive projects,Continuar Leyendo

Geneva, 02 June, 2025.- The international community must stop the clock on continued and deliberate misuse of humanitarian language and mechanisms by Israel aimed at obscuring and facilitating the commission of atrocity crimes in Gaza, a UN expert said today. “We continue to witness a brutal humanitarian camouflage, where theContinuar Leyendo

Ginebra, 30 de Mayo de 2025.- Expertas de la ONU* instaron hoy al Gobierno de El Salvador a continuar garantizando que la defensora de derechos humanos Ruth López reciba todas las salvaguardias legales fundamentales y las garantías del debido proceso mientras se encuentra detenida. Ruth López es una abogada deContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 24 May, 2025.- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Friday expressed concern at the passing in Uganda’s Parliament of proposed legislation to allow for civilians to be tried in military courts. The Uganda People’s Defence Forces Amendment Bill 2025, which was passed on 20 May andContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 25 May, 2025.- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today warned of a further deterioration in the human rights situation in South Sudan following a sharp increase in hostilities, arbitrary arrests and hate speech in the country since February. Hostilities between the South Sudan People’s Defence ForcesContinuar Leyendo

Guatemala, 24 de Mayo de 2025.- El sistema jurídico de Guatemala se encuentra en una coyuntura crucial, advirtió hoy una experta de la ONU*, subrayando que el futuro democrático del país depende de cómo se manejen los nombramientos judiciales y el derecho penal en los próximos meses. “Aunque el respetoContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 23 May, 2025.- The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation, Mariana Katzarova, today condemned the 12 May 2025 sentencing of Grigory Melkonyants, co-chair of the “Golos” movement which had been declared “foreign agent” in Russia. Melkonyants was sentenced to five years inContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 22 May, 2025.- A group of independent human rights experts* today expressed concern about the implications of the recent UK Supreme Court judgment interpreting the definition of “woman” under the Equality Act 2010. While the ruling was limited to a question of statutory interpretation, the experts warned that itContinuar Leyendo