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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

Geneva, 20 March, 2025.- The Government of Guinea-Bissau must urgently prioritise water and sanitation services if it wants to improve the lives of its population, particularly women and children, a UN expert said today. The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, Pedro Arrojo-Agudo,Continuar Leyendo

Geneva, 18 March, 2025.- Palestinians face serious risk of mass ethnic cleansing as Israel advances its long-held plan to take Palestinian lands and evacuate them of Palestinians under the fog of war, a UN expert warned today. While ethnic cleansing is not a standalone crime, it involves actions that constituteContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 17 March, 2025.- A group of independent human rights experts* have urged the United States Department of Homeland Security and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement to cease repression and retaliation, including in the form of arbitrary detention of U.S. lawful permanent residents, and removal of international students who haveContinuar Leyendo

Geneva,  12 March, 2025.- The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) hails the setting up of the national preventive mechanisms (NPMs) in Benin, Madagascar, Nigeria, and South Africa as a significant step in advancing and fulfilling their obligations under the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT). “TheContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 11 March, 2025.- Dozens of regional organisations around the world play a vital role in the fight against terrorism, but they have also enabled serious human rights violations and evaded adequate scrutiny, a UN expert said today. “Regional organisations should never enable governments to repress their critics or destroyContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 10 March, 2025.-  The Slovak Government must immediately end the stigmatisation and persecution of NGOs, journalists and civil society organisations and stop using surveillance systems for political repression, a group of independent human rights experts* said today. “Over the past year, the Slovak Republic has faced erosion of fundamentalContinuar Leyendo