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Geneva, 26 July, 2024.- The Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, Reem Alsalem, welcomed the landmark judgment of the European Court of Human Rights validating the French law that criminalises the purchase of sexual acts and provides support to survivors of prostitution. The Court ruled on a caseContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 26 July, 2024.- An independent expert today expressed concern about a determination by the European Court of Human Rights that a French anti-prostitution law does not violate the right to privacy. “Sex work is real work,” said Tlaleng Mofokeng, the Special Rapporteur on the right to health, who submittedContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 24 July 2024.- Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich’s 16-year prison sentence on spurious espionage charges by a court in Yekaterinburg and a six-and-a-half year prison term on the same day imposed by a court in Kazan on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist Alsu Kurmasheva on groundless charges ofContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 20 July 2024.- I am deeply concerned by this week’s violence in Bangladesh, resulting in reports of dozens of deaths and hundreds of injuries. The attacks on student protesters are particularly shocking and unacceptable. There must be impartial, prompt and exhaustive investigations into these attacks, and those responsible heldContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 19 July, 2024.- The killing of five-year old Hind Rajab, her family and two paramedics may amount to a war crime, independent experts warned today, denouncing Israeli claims that its troops were not in the area at the time as “unacceptable.” They urged an immediate halt to the attacksContinuar Leyendo

Luanda, 17 July, 2024.- Angola has achieved relative political stability following a 27-year civil war that ended in 2002, but the country continues to grapple with socio-economic fragility exacerbated by issues including illicit financial flows and corruption, significantly impacting national revenue, an independent expert said today. “Angola’s dependency on itsContinuar Leyendo

Washington, July 17, 2024.- Today, the Department of Defense has moved to rectify an old injustice—and face up to a painful episode in our own history. I applaud the Secretary of the Navy’s decision to exonerate 258 Black Sailors who were unjustly court-martialed in the wake of the devastating explosionContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 17 July, 2024.- Independent human rights experts* and international and regional expert mechanisms on ending discrimination and gender-based violence against women and girls said the National Assembly of The Gambia’s rejection of a bill seeking to lift the ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) has avoided a dangerous precedentContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 16 July, 2024.- The use of forced labour by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) against its citizens has become deeply institutionalised and raises a broad range of serious human rights concerns, according to a report by the UN Human Rights Office released today. The report is basedContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 15 July, 2024.- The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) on Monday called on all States parties to the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (OPCAT) to respect its comprehensive definition of places of deprivation of liberty, thus ensuring that the SPT and related national bodies canContinuar Leyendo