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Geneva, 30 May, 2024.- UN independent experts said today they were deeply disturbed by reports of threats and intimidation towards human rights and water defenders, civil society organisations and academics that compelled the cancellation of the People’s Water Forum (PWF), a parallel event to the World Water Forum (WWF) inContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 29 May, 2024.- Israeli air strikes on a camp sheltering displaced civilians in Tal al-Sultan in Rafah, that have reportedly claimed at least 46 lives including 23 women, children and older persons on Sunday night are an outrage, UN experts* said today, demanding decisive international action to end theContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 27 May, 2024.- People with disabilities in Gaza have been put in extreme distress with the expectation that they will be the first and the next to be killed because of the limited opportunities to flee or take part in evacuations due to their impairment, the UN Committee onContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 27 May, 2024.- UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Monday voiced his horror at the further loss of civilian life in Gaza, after Israeli air strikes on Sunday hit a camp for displaced people in the southern city of Rafah. “The images from the camp are horrific andContinuar Leyendo

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