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Geneva, November 23, 2025.- UN experts today condemned a deadly attack against Guarani and Kaiowá Indigenous Peoples in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul, while the 30th Conference of Parties (COP30) of the UN Climate Change Convention is underway in Belém, Brazil. The violent attack was reportedly carried outContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 22 November, 2025.- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Friday urged the European Union to ensure changes to its current rules requiring large companies to identify and address severe risks in their value chains do not depart from key human rights principles. He expressed regret thatContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 21 November, 2025.- UN human rights experts* today expressed renewed concern about the continued exploitation, deception, and deepening debt bondage of Bangladeshi migrant workers in Malaysia. “We are deeply troubled that fraudulent recruitment and the exploitation of migrants remain widespread and systematic in Malaysia,” the experts said. “These practicesContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 19 November, 2025.- A UN expert today expressed serious concern with the Security Council’s adoption of Resolution 2803, warning that it runs counter to the Palestinian right to self-determination, consolidates Israel’s unlawful presence in the occupied Palestinian territory, including ongoing unlawful policies and practices, and therefore risks legitimating ongoingContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, November 18, 2025.- UN experts* today denounced the designation of the Belarusian Association of Human Rights Lawyers (BAHRL) as an “extremist formation” and called on Belarus to end repression against independent lawyers. “The undue interference and restrictions placed on the legal profession in Belarus risk opening the door toContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 17 November, 2025.- A bill to ban so-called “LGBT propaganda” in Kazakhstan’s Parliament would entrench stigma, outlaw expression, and contravene international human rights obligations, UN experts* warned today. On 12 November, the Mazhilis (lower house of Parliament) unanimously adopted proposed legislative amendments prohibiting the “dissemination of information containing propagandaContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 13 November, 2025.- Junta forces have executed, tortured and sexually assaulted persons with disabilities while their relentless repression and violence are trapping many in a daily fight for survival according to a new report issued today by Tom Andrews, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights inContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 11 November, 2025.- UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Tuesday urged investigations into the killings and other violations committed in the context of the 29 October elections in Tanzania, as reports emerged that bodies may have been taken by security forces to undisclosed locations. Information obtained by theContinuar Leyendo

New York, 09 November, 2025.- The UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries has warned of the growing and evolving use of mercenaries, related actors and private military and security companies (PMSCs) as proxies, enablers, and facilitators of violence, repression, and human rights violations worldwide, in a new reportContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 06 November, 2025.- UN human rights experts* today called on the Government of Malaysia to apply the principle of non-punishment for victims of human trafficking and release Thanakorn Sinsanoi, a transgender woman with disabilities currently serving a 30-year sentence in a male prison. “Failure to properly assess the humanContinuar Leyendo