Geneva/Nairobi, July 12, 2024.- Radhouane Nouicer, the Designated Expert on Sudan of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, has sounded the alarm about the dire human rights situation in the country as the fighting spreads to new areas. “Since the start of this senseless conflict last year, the civilianContinuar Leyendo
Geneva, 11 July, 2024.- A human rights expert today called on the Brazilian Supreme Court and Senate to secure the rights of Indigenous Peoples to lands, territories and natural resources and suspend applicability of a constitutionally challenged law that risks depriving or evicting them from traditional lands. The UN SpecialContinuar Leyendo
Geneva, 10 July, 2024.-– Independent human rights experts* today welcomed the decision by the newly elected UK Government to scrap the policy to transfer asylum seekers who meet certain conditions to Rwanda for asylum processing. “We are encouraged to learn that the UK plans to reassume State responsibility for receivingContinuar Leyendo
El Consejo se inclinó por el secretario ejecutivo de FASIC debido a su labor en defensa de la memoria, la búsqueda de verdad y justicia, la reparación y las medidas de no repetición para las víctimas de la dictadura. Enterado de la noticia, González señaló que “este es un reconocimientoContinuar Leyendo
Geneva, 8 July ,2024.- The sentencing of 10 environmental activists in Cambodia points to a sustained pattern of intolerance towards human rights defenders engaged in legitimate work to protect and promote human rights in the country, a group of independent experts* said today. “We are alarmed by these convictions, whichContinuar Leyendo
Geneva, 7 July 2024.- UN experts* said today they are alarmed by reports of widespread trafficking in persons, particularly for sexual slavery and exploitation, and rising child and forced marriages stemming from conflict and displacement in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. “We are appalled by the numbers reported, at leastContinuar Leyendo
Geneva, 2 July, 2024.- UN experts* today urged the Belarusian authorities to pardon or remit the sentence of all imprisoned older persons jailed on political charges. The independent experts have received a list of 63 persons aged over 60, including 15 women, who are deprived of liberty in Belarus forContinuar Leyendo
Geneva, 2 July, 2024.- Syria must implement the provisional measures ordered by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and take action to eradicate all forms of torture and ill-treatment in the country, a UN expert said today. “I am alarmed about reports that indicate that torture is still being practicedContinuar Leyendo
Geneva, 1 July, 2024.- The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) has announced plans to visit Afghanistan, Burundi, France, and Mexico in the first half of 2025, and confirmed upcoming visits to Bolivia, Nigeria, Greece, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the second half of this year.Continuar Leyendo
Geneva, 30 June, 2024.- The rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association are seriously threatened today, and urgent action is needed to push back and preserve them, a UN Special Rapporteur* said. “We are witnessing widespread, systematic and intensive attack against these rights and civic space broadly, asContinuar Leyendo
