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Geneva, 20 September, 2025.- The conflict-driven crisis in Sudan intensified in the first half of the year, a report by the UN Human Rights Office shows, citing a significant rise in civilian killings, including summary executions, amid growing ethnic violence and a worsening humanitarian situation. Between 1 January and 30Continuar Leyendo

Geneva, 17 September, 2025.- Two UN experts* today welcomed the World Health Organization’s (WHO) decision to restore sunscreen on the model lists of essential medicines. “The decision to restore sunscreen on the WHO’s national essential medicines lists is an important development in the long struggle to draw attention to, andContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 16 September, 2025.- The Israeli offensive to seize control of Gaza city will be catastrophic for the civilian population of the besieged strip, with aggravated consequences and compounded suffering for persons with disabilities, UN experts* warned today. “People with disabilities in Gaza are totally exhausted and traumatised. They faceContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 15 September, 2025.- A UN expert today called for rights-based energy and water systems, to avoid the commodification of water and going beyond traditional market-based energy systems. During the presentation of his report “Water and Energy Nexus”, at the UN Human Rights Council, the Special Rapporteur on the humanContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 13 September, 2025.-  The Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order, George Katrougalos, today warned that deepening global inequalities threaten peace, development, and human rights. “Structural inequities remain embedded in the global economic order,” Katrougalos told the UN Human Rights Council. “Historical legacies andContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 13 September, 2025.- Without substantive gender equality, women and girls, comprising about half of the world’s population, cannot realise their right to development, a UN expert warned today. “Gender equality is a cross-cutting foundational human right that must not fluctuate with changes in the political climate,” said Surya Deva,Continuar Leyendo

Geneva, 10 September, 2025.- The Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence, Bernard Duhaime, warned today that the collection, mapping, recording, preservation and archiving of information, evidence and testimonies of gross human rights violations are still an afterthought for national and international actors engagedContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, September 10, 2025.- UN experts* today urged the United States to grant Palestinian leaders visas ahead of the UN General Assembly in New York in September, and lift the discriminatory suspension of processing visitor visas for all Palestinian nationals. “The General Assembly in New York is the epicentre ofContinuar Leyendo

Kuwait City, 9 September, 2025.- The State of Kuwait has made notable progress in advancing the rights of women and girls, particularly through the latest round of legal reform and a concerted push for increasing the participation of women and girls in society, the UN Special Rapporteur on violence againstContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 8 September, 2025.- A group of UN independent experts* today sounded the alarm about the reported expulsion of a young Guinean woman from Belarus to the Republic of Guinea on 7 August 2025, while her newborn child remained in Belarus. “The alleged forced separation of a young migrant motherContinuar Leyendo