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Geneva, 16 May, 2025.- Those responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which killed 283 passengers and 15 crew members in July 2014 over eastern Ukraine must be brought to justice, UN experts said today, after a landmark decision by the council of the International Civil Aviation OrganizationContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 14 May, 2025.- A UN expert* today expressed serious concern over the conviction of 31-year-old journalist and woman human rights defender Rukhshona Khakimova, calling on the Government of Tajikistan to release her immediately and grant her a fair retrial in line with international standards. On 5 February 2025, theContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 13 May, 2025.- The deportation over recent months of large numbers of non-nationals from the United States of America, especially to countries other than those of their origin, raises a number of human rights concerns, UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk said on Tuesday. According to official US data,Continuar Leyendo

Geneva, 11 May, 2025.- With food aid supplies now completely exhausted in Gaza and border crossings still sealed, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) today issued an urgent call for immediate humanitarian access and a lasting ceasefire, warning of catastrophic consequences for the civilian population. TheContinuar Leyendo

Amman, 11 May, 2025.- “Israel continues to inflict unimaginable suffering on the people living under its occupation, whilst rapidly expanding confiscation of land as part of its wider colonial aspirations. What we are witnessing could very well be another Nakba”, warned a UN Special Committee* as it concluded its annualContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 8 May, 2025.- A group of independent human rights experts* today strongly condemned the targeted attacks perpetrated by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the Zamzam and Abu Shuk camps in North Darfur. “We are gravely concerned by the escalating humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan, where relentless violence and targetedContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, May 06,  2025.- UN experts* today urged the Ministers at the Council of Europe to demonstrate leadership by starting negotiations on an additional binding Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights that would finally recognise the right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment. “This will be aContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 01 May, 2025.- UN human rights experts* today expressed deep concern at the apparently unlawful deportations of over 250 Venezuelan and Salvadoran men – allegedly involved with gangs – from the United States to El Salvador. “In many cases, the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 seems to have beenContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 30 April, 2025.- UN experts today expressed outrage at the alleged summary execution of several dozen people in Mali, as well as the enforced disappearance of others. They warned that these unlawful killings may amount to war crimes, and that the enforced disappearances may constitute crimes against humanity ifContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 29 April, 2025.- UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk today urged the world to act to prevent the total collapse of critical life-saving support in Gaza, where Israeli strikes continue to kill civilians, including in shelters and health facilities. “As the complete blockade of assistance essential for survival entersContinuar Leyendo