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Geneva/Abuja, September 23, 2024.- The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) visited Nigeria for the second time from 8 to 19 September 2024 to assess the treatment of individuals in detention, and whether the country had strengthened its capacity to protect the human rights of people deprived of liberty,Continuar Leyendo

Geneva, 17 September, 2024.- Enforced disappearances in an election context often serve as an exemplary punishment and create a climate of repression and a chilling effect on society, particularly on opponents, thus hindering participation in the electoral process, independent UN experts* said today. “The year 2024 is marked by anContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 17 September, 2024.- The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Alice Jill Edwards, today urged the release of all hostages in Gaza unconditionally and without delay. Edwards also deplored the recent killing of six Israeli hostages and called for an immediate end to hostilities on all fronts of this war.Continuar Leyendo

Geneva, 16 September, 2024.- Aquatic ecosystems and the water we extract from them must be considered and managed in the public domain, as commons, accessible to all but not appropriable by anyone, an independent UN expert said today. In his report to the 57th UN Human Rights Council session, PedroContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 12 September, 2024.- Concerted efforts and urgent action by states is required to end the trafficking, proliferation and use of arms by mercenaries, mercenary-related, and private military and security actors, independent human rights experts said today. A report presented to the Human Rights Council by the Working Group onContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 10 September, 2024.- Observing an ever-increasing number of restrictions for women and girls, concerns around the situation of minorities and children, a shrinking civic space and a humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, a UN independent expert said today that all tools should be used to stop the long and destructiveContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 07 September, 2024.- Expressing concern about a lack of equitable access to mpox vaccines to all populations, which play a critical role in the prevention of an outbreak, a UN expert today demanded equity in the field of global health by providing vaccine access to all those in need.Continuar Leyendo

Geneva, 5 September, 2024.- Human rights defenders in Georgia have faced a wave of repression in 2024 that shows no sign of abating, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Mary Lawlor, said today. “In late 2023, I visited Georgia to examine the environment for humanContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 2 September, 2024.- A UN independent expert warned today that Israel’s intensification of its military assault against the northern West Bank marks a dangerous escalation of grave violence and human rights violations committed by Israel against the Palestinian people since October 7, 2023. “Israel’s genocidal violence risks leaking outContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 30 August, 2024.- UN experts* warned today of the devastating lack of adeq­­uate care for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence in Sudan, including sexual and reproductive health care and psychosocial care, alongside the targeting of human rights defenders and first responders who document violations and provide services toContinuar Leyendo