Human Rigths (Page 47)

Geneva, 5 February, 2024.- The United States must protect judges’ free speech, particularly their commentary on important issues threatening judicial independence or affecting the administration of justice, a UN expert said today. The UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Margaret Satterthwaite, expressed serious concerns that JusticeContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 2 February, 2024.- UN experts* today expressed deep concern at numerous reports that scores of women and girls in Afghanistan have been arbitrarily detained and subjected to ill-treatment since early January for allegedly violating the Taliban’s dress code for women. “We urge the Taliban to cease all arbitrary deprivationContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 1 February, 2024.- Israel’s military operation in Gaza, in the aftermath of the heinous 7 October attack by Hamas, has become the deadliest, most dangerous conflict for journalists in recent history, UN experts said today. “We are alarmed at the extraordinarily high numbers of journalists and media workers whoContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 31 January, 2024.- The UN Special Rapporteur on torture, Alice Jill Edwards, has written to authorities in China, to address claims that the evidence of a listed key prosecution witness in the trial of newspaper owner and editor Jimmy Lai had been obtained through torture. “I am deeply concernedContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 30 January 2024.- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today appealed for a significant increase in annual funding for his Office this year, warning it was still drastically short of funds needed to more effectively advance human rights globally. “We are living in profoundly divided times. ConflictContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 24 January,  2024.- UN experts* today hailed the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judgment that Greece had violated a Syrian refugee’s right to life when its coastguards shot at a vessel carrying migrants and asylum seekers in 2014. The shooting injured the Syrian refugee, who later died afterContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 24 January, 2024.- UN experts* urged the Government of Bangladesh to carry out major human rights reforms to reverse repressive trends in the country and restore political dialogue and participation, as it enters its fourth consecutive term. “We are alarmed at reports that widespread attacks, harassment and intimidation ofContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 22 January, 2024.-UN experts* expressed alarm at the heavy security-driven approach of Sri Lanka’s drug response. They called on authorities to immediately suspend and review so-called Operation ‘Yukthiya’ and to focus on policies based on health and human rights. “Drug users have human rights,” the experts said. “They deserveContinuar Leyendo

Ginebra, 19 de Enero de 2024.- El estancamiento de las fuerzas políticas en el Parlamento español ha provocado que el Consejo General del Poder Judicial quede paralizado, advirtió hoy una experta de la ONU. El mandato de los 20 miembros del Consejo General del Poder Judicial (CGPJ) expiró en 2018Continuar Leyendo

Geneva, 17 January, 2024.- The UN expert on human rights in Sudan, Radhouane Nouicer, today deplored the grim human rights situation in the country as the brutal armed conflict enters its 10th month. He urged the leaders of the two parties to the conflict to immediately end the violence, ensureContinuar Leyendo