Geneva, 13 February, 2023.- The international community must take action to stop systematic and deliberate housing demolition and sealing, arbitrary displacement and forced evictions of Palestinian people in the occupied West Bank, UN experts* said today. In the month of January 2023 alone, Israeli authorities reportedly demolished 132 Palestinian structuresContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 10 February, 2023.- Extending their heartfelt support to the people of Türkiye and Syria, UN experts* today urged the international community to take prompt action to enable effective emergency response and recovery in the wake of catastrophic earthquakes in the two countries. “This includes the lifting of all economicContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 9 February, 2023.- The UN Child Rights Committee (CRC) today issued its findings on Azerbaijan, the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Ireland, Mauritius, New Zealand, Oman and Sweden, after reviewing the seven States parties during its latest session. The findings contain the Committee’s main concerns and recommendations on implementing theContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 8 February, 2023.- Recent legislative changes in Latvia to limit education in the country’s minority languages are contrary to human rights standards and could constitute discrimination, UN experts* said today. In 2022, Latvia formulated and adopted a legislation amending the country’s education system that requires all pre-school and schoolContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 7 February, 2023.- Denmark failed to take effective measures against racist hate speech by discontinuing its investigation about an art exhibition showing racist hate images, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has found. The Committee issued its decision after reviewing a petition filed by MomodouContinuar Leyendo

De acuerdo con el Informe Situación de los Derechos Humanos en Chile 2022, actualmente el 25% de la población del país vive en la ruralidad y suele enfrentar problemas de acceso a una serie de atenciones que el Estado debiera garantizarles. “En las zonas rurales sus habitantes perciben, derechamente, nivelesContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 6 February, 2023.- Around a million children of the Tibetan minority were being affected by Chinese government policies aimed at assimilating Tibetan people culturally, religiously and linguistically through a residential school system, UN experts* warned today. “We are very disturbed that in recent years the residential school system forContinuar Leyendo