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Ottawa, 24 May, 2024.- UN experts said today Canada has positive systems in place to avoid arbitrary detention. However, serious concerns remain, particularly in relation to Indigenous Peoples, groups facing racial discrimination and other groups at risk. “Despite efforts to address their overrepresentation in the criminal justice system, these groupsContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 23 May, 2024.- Thousands of innocent lives will be lost if the international community fails to respond to ominous signs of another Rohingya bloodbath in Rakhine State, a UN expert said today. “Once again, the world seems to be failing a desperate people in their hour of peril whileContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 22 May, 2024.- Prompt execution of the arrest warrant against former President François Bozize Yangouvonda is crucial to bring justice to the victims of his heinous crimes and serious human rights violations, a UN expert on human rights in the Central African Republic (CAR) said today. On 30 April,Continuar Leyendo

Geneva, 20 May, 2024.- UN experts* today called for the urgent release of five Bahá’ís who remain in detention one year after their abduction by de facto authorities in Yemen. They issued the following statement: “25 May 2024 marks the one-year anniversary of the raid and abduction of 17 Bahá’ísContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 20 May, 2024.- Mongolia needs to shift away from the existing punitive approach across all places of deprivation of liberty and to ensure its independent torture monitoring body plays an effective role in torture prevention, UN experts said after their second visit to the country. During its latest missionContinuar Leyendo

Beijing, 19 May, 2024.- States should lift sanctions against China and also take strong action to curb sanction over-compliance by businesses and other actors under their jurisdiction, the UN Special Rapporteur on unilateral coercive measures and human rights, Alena Douhan, said today. “China represents a particular case with regards toContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 18 May, 2024.- Sri Lanka’s Government must take meaningful action to determine and disclose the fates and whereabouts of tens of thousands of people who have been subjected to enforced disappearance over the decades and hold those responsible to account, a UN Human Rights Office report released today says.Continuar Leyendo

Geneva, 17 May, 2024.- UN experts expressed disappointment today that some States have yet to reinstate funding weeks after an independent review showed a lack of evidence for partiality claims against the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). “The independent review ordered byContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 16 May, 2024.- UN experts* have urged Nigerian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, who was convicted of blasphemy for writing a song and sharing it on a social messaging service. Yahaya Sharif-Aminu was sentenced to the death penalty in 2020. “Although his death sentence was quashedContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 15 May, 2024.- Adoption of the controversial ‘Foreign Agents’ law by the Georgian Parliament will have a chilling effect on civil society, journalists and human rights defenders and sends an extremely negative signal about the country’s commitment to human rights, UN experts* said today. The experts said that despiteContinuar Leyendo