Geneva, 10 April, 2025.- UN human rights experts* today expressed grave concern at the imminent risk of finger amputation for three men detained in Iran and called for immediate intervention to prevent this irreversible punishment. “These planned amputations violate the absolute prohibition of torture and ill-treatment,” the experts said. “IranContinuar Leyendo
Geneva, 06 April, 2025.- UN experts* today urged Pakistan not to proceed with plans to forcibly remove Afghans from the cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi, nor to deport them to Afghanistan. The deadline for their voluntary departure was set for 31 March, but reports said it may have been extendedContinuar Leyendo
Geneva, 05 April, 2025.- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk stressed on Friday that the announcement of a pause in hostilities – by both the Myanmar military and the National Unity Government – must be followed by immediate and unrestricted access by rescue and humanitarian workers to allContinuar Leyendo
En la sede central del INDH se realizó la asamblea en la que participaron 67 organizaciones de la sociedad civil. Durante su trayectoria Osvaldo Torres fue jefe de Estudios del INDH, mientras que Yerko Ljubetic había sido consejero entre el 2019 y el 2023. Santiago, 05 de Abril de 2025.-Continuar Leyendo
Geneva, 3 April, 2025.- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Thursday said he was appalled by reports of widespread extrajudicial killings of civilians in Khartoum following its recapture by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) on 26 March. “I am utterly appalled by the credible reports of numerousContinuar Leyendo
Geneva, 26 March, 2025.- Pakistan must immediately release detained Baloch human rights defenders and cease its crackdown on peaceful protesters, a group of independent human rights experts* said today. “We have been monitoring with growing concern reports of alleged arrests and enforced disappearances of Baloch activists over the past numberContinuar Leyendo
Geneva, 26 March, 2025.- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Tuesday condemned the recent attack on a mosque in western Niger, in which at least 44 worshippers were killed and scores injured. Assailants from the so-called Islamic State in the Greater Sahara surrounded Fambita Mosque on 21Continuar Leyendo
Geneva, 24 March, 2025.- UN experts* today called for the immediate and unconditional release of political activists Moulaye Baba Haïdara, Mahamoud Mohamed Mangane and Amadou Togola to enable them to receive medical treatment following torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment sustained during their detention by the Malian Security Services.Continuar Leyendo
Geneva, 24 March, 2024.- People belonging to a minority group should be given due recognition of their identity, a UN expert said today. “The identity assigned to persons belonging to minorities, usually through their identity documents, should reflect who they really are,” said Nicolas Levrat, the Special Rapporteur on minorityContinuar Leyendo
Geneva, March 21, 2025.- The European Commission’s proposed Omnibus Simplification Package does not align with the UN Guiding Principles of Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) and risks undermining important advancements on the business and human rights agenda, the Working Group on business and human rights warned today. “The proposal isContinuar Leyendo
