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Geneva, 27 February, 2026.- The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today issued findings on Australia, Georgia, Kenya, and Uruguay, following its review of these States parties during its latest session. The findings highlight positive developments and outline major concerns and recommendations regarding each country’s implementation of theContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 27 February, 2026.- Afghanistan faces a deepening health crisis driven by the Taliban’s ongoing attack on the rights of women and girls and a sharp drop in international funding, a UN expert warned today. In a new report to the UN Human Rights Council, the Special Rapporteur on theContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 25 February, 2026.- UN experts* today called on the Government of India to launch urgent independent investigations into alarming allegations of hundreds of extrajudicial killings and torture-related deaths and thousands of injuries by law enforcement officials, and undertake major reforms to modernise policing in line with international human rightsContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 24 February, 2026.- UN experts* today urged States to ensure that any new regulations governing the deep seabed, including a code on mining, are firmly grounded in international law, including international human rights law, and implement the precautionary principle. “The deep seabed is not an industrial frontier, it isContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 20 February, 2026.- UN human rights experts* today urged Iranian authorities to fully disclose the fate and whereabouts of individuals detained, forcibly disappeared or missing in the aftermath of the nationwide protests, and to halt all death sentences and executions related to the demonstrations. “The true scale of theContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 19 February, 2026.- Nigeria must immediately end all demolitions and violent evictions in waterfront areas of Lagos once and for all, UN experts* said today. “More and more urban poor in Lagos are losing their homes, access to services and opportunities, while the government justifies these actions in theContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 17 February, 2026.-The Coordination Committee of the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council today condemned vicious attacks, rooted in disinformation, by several State Ministers against Francesca Albanese, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967. “We denounce actions by MinistersContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 14 February, 2026.-  The Rapid Support Forces unleashed “a wave of intense violence … shocking in its scale and brutality” during its final offensive to capture the besieged city of El Fasher last October, committing widespread atrocities that amount to war crimes and possible crimes against humanity, says aContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 12 February, 2026.- As the people of Bangladesh go to the polls on February 12, the interim Government must deliver a genuinely free, fair, safe and inclusive election and referendum grounded in respect for human rights of all citizens, UN experts* said today. “There can be no free andContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 9 February, 2026.- UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk deplored the 20-year jail sentence handed down today against Jimmy Lai — the founder of the now-closed pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily — on charges brought under the national security legislation in effect in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR)Continuar Leyendo