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NewYork, October 12, 2026.-Protecting children from sale, sexual exploitation and sexual abuse requires moving beyond commitments and legal frameworks and into real protection, a UN expert said today. “Our challenge is increasingly one of implementation,” said Ai Kihara-Hunt, UN Special Rapporteur on the sale, sexual exploitation and sexual abuse ofContinuar Leyendo

Ottawa, October 09, 2026.- Canada must strengthen efforts to address systemic and intersectional forms of racism and racial discrimination, largely rooted in complex colonial histories, a UN expert said today. “During my visit, I noted Canada’s efforts to address racism through anti-racism policies and initiatives, while also seeing that significantContinuar Leyendo

Ginebra, 7 de Octubre de 2026.- Dos mil abogadas y abogados en Nicaragua fueron eliminados del registro oficial de la Corte Suprema de Justicia sin previo aviso, presuntamente porque no estaban alineados con el gobierno de los copresidentes Daniel Ortega y Rosario Murillo, afirmó hoy una experta de la ONU.Continuar Leyendo

Geneva, September 30, 2026.- UN experts* today warned that Africans and people of African descent on the move are victims of racism and discriminatory acts throughout their migration journeys, as a result of migration policies that are not grounded in human rights and dignity. “Human mobility is not experienced equally,”Continuar Leyendo

Geneva, September 30, 2026.- UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Tuesday deplored military airstrikes that reportedly killed at least 50 people, including vendors, customers, transport workers and other civilians – among them children and women, at a market in Myanmar’s northwestern Rakhine State. In one of the deadliest attacksContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, September 29, 2026.- The UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) today issued its findings on Armenia, Belize, Gabon and Lesotho after reviewing the four States Parties during its latest session. The findings present the Committee’s main concerns and recommendations regarding the implementation of the International Convention for the ProtectionContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, September 25, 2026.- The UN Human Rights Office today issued an update report on the database of businesses involved in activities in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory. A total of 214 companies from 11 countries are listed. Mandated by the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), theContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 21 de Septiembre de 2026.- A UN Human Rights Office report published today says sexual violence has been used against civilians and prisoners of war (POWs) in Ukraine in a shocking pattern of torture, intimidation and coercion since the start of the Russian Federation’s full-scale armed attack on itsContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 15 September, 2026.- UN experts* today expressed grave concern over the recurrent use of spyware and other digitally enabled surveillance in Serbia surrounding elections and protests, and called on the Government to uphold democratic integrity, safeguard civic space, and immediately cease the criminalisation of political dissent. “This pattern isContinuar Leyendo

Ginebra, 8 de Septiembre de 2026.- El Gobierno de Bolivia debe garantizar que los asesinos del magistrado Víctor Claure Hinojoza sean llevados ante la justicia, que se esclarezcan los motivos del asesinato y que la familia sea reparada, han afirmado hoy expertos de la ONU. El magistrado Claure, que eraContinuar Leyendo