Geneva, 5  June, 2024.- The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) today issued its findings on Brazil, Estonia, Kuwait, Malaysia, Montenegro, the Republic of Korea, Rwanda and Singapore, after reviewing these eight States parties during its latest session. The findings contain positive aspects of each country’sContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 3 June, 2024.- UN experts* today called for further action to remedy racialised police violence and misconduct within Chicago’s law enforcement and criminal justice system against people of African and Latino descent in the United States. “Chicago has a long history of law enforcement officials reportedly using torture toContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 01 June, 2024.-The violent detention and arrest of lawyers Sonia Dahmani and Mehdi Zaghrouba at the headquarters of Tunisia’s bar association, and the prevention of a prominent judge from attending an international meeting, are unacceptable violations of fundamental rights that must be stopped, UN experts said. “We are shockedContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 30 May, 2024.- UN independent experts said today they were deeply disturbed by reports of threats and intimidation towards human rights and water defenders, civil society organisations and academics that compelled the cancellation of the People’s Water Forum (PWF), a parallel event to the World Water Forum (WWF) inContinuar Leyendo