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Geneva, 21 October, 2024.- Greece must take further action to protect people deprived of their liberty from torture and ill-treatment and ensure its national preventive mechanism plays an effective and crucial role, experts from the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) said after their first visit to the country.Continuar Leyendo

New York, 18 October, 2024.- The global water and food crisis are intrinsically linked with climate change and this connection has become crucial to human survival, a UN expert said today. “It is more vital than ever for governments to take the lead in developing new governance approaches to addressContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 17 October 2024.- A UN expert* today urged the Council of the European Union and the Government of Switzerland to review their imposition of sanctions on Aleksandra Melnichenko, the spouse of sanctioned Russian billionaire Andrey Melnichenko, and allow access to evidence used for her designation under restrictive measures frameworks.Continuar Leyendo

Geneva, 16 October, 2024.- Independent human rights experts* said today they were deeply troubled by a Bangkok Criminal Court decision to extradite refugee and human rights defender Y Quynh Bdap to Viet Nam and urged that the case be reconsidered. “If extradited, Mr. Bdap would be at risk of enforcedContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 14 October, 2024.- UN experts* said today they are alarmed by reports of human rights violations against migrants, refugees and victims of trafficking during search and rescue operations and transfers to border areas. “We have received shocking reports detailing dangerous manoeuvres when intercepting migrants, refugees and asylum seekers atContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 10 October 2024.- Finland violated the rights of Sámi Indigenous people to culture and land, by granting mineral exploration permits on their territory without an impact assessment or an adequate participation process, two UN Committees have found. The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and theContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, Oct 09, 2024.- The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances has renewed calls for Rwanda to reveal the fate and whereabouts of brothers Jean Nsengimana and Antoine Zihabamwe, who were taken off a bus by police in September 2019 and have not been seen or heard fromContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, October 01, 2024.- The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today published its findings on Albania, Cyprus, Honduras, Iceland, Kyrgyzstan, Malawi and Poland. The Committee examined the above seven countries during its latest session 9 to 27 September. The findings contain positive aspects of each country’s implementationContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 27 September, 2024.- Tackling insecurity in Haiti, where hundreds have been killed, injured, or displaced as a result of gang violence, must be the utmost priority, a UN report out today says, calling on the Haitian authorities and the international community to do more to protect people and preventContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 25 September, 2024.- A UN expert said today Kenyan and Pakistani authorities must step up efforts to fully investigate the killing of Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif in Kenya and prosecute those responsible, in line with a landmark ruling by a Kenyan court. “It is now almost two years sinceContinuar Leyendo