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Geneva, 10 May, 2024.- UN experts* today expressed utter dismay over statements made by United States and Israeli officials threatening to retaliate against the International Criminal Court (ICC), its officials and members of their families. “At a time when the world should unite to end the terrible bloodshed in GazaContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 10 May, 2024.- The Israeli military’s ground operation targeting eastern Rafah is a culmination of a seven-month long campaign to forcibly transfer and destroy Gaza’s population, UN experts* warned today. “The long-threatened Rafah invasion must not be seen as a foregone conclusion,” the experts said. “Israel must halt thisContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 9 May, 2024.- The Somalian Government must bolster efforts to address the country’s ongoing serious and complex security challenges and strengthen processes to investigate and prosecute cases of sexual and gender-based violence, a UN human rights expert said today. “Civilians, especially women and children, continue to bear the bruntContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 7 May, 2024.- UN experts expressed concern about the impact on women survivors of sexual violence of a court decision overturning the 2020 rape conviction of Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein. The experts said the decision would further weaken the confidence of victims in seeking and obtaining justice. “WeContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 7 May, 2024.- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Tuesday said he was concerned by the increasing number of journalists charged, convicted and jailed in Russia for their independent reporting, in what appears to be an intensification of a crackdown on dissenting voices. “The continuous attacksContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 6 May, 2024.-  UN experts* today condemned the continued and systematic onslaught of violence committed against Palestinians in Gaza, with most victims being women and children over the past seven months. “We are horrified at details emerging from mass graves recently unearthed in the Gaza Strip. Over 390 bodiesContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 2 May, 2024.- European Union members must ban immigration detention of children as they prepare for implementation of the newly adopted EU Pact on Migration and Asylum, UN experts* said today. “Detention of migrant and asylum-seeking children because of their or their parents’ migration status is never in theContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 30 April, 2024.- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Tuesday said he was troubled by a series of heavy-handed steps taken to disperse and dismantle protests across university campuses in the United States of America. “Freedom of expression and the right to peaceful assembly are fundamentalContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 27 April, 2024.- The vote by Kiribati’s Parliament to remove High Court judge David Lambourne is a major setback for justice and rule of law, said Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers Margaret Satterthwaite today. “Judge Lambourne was removed after proceedings that violated international standards”, sheContinuar Leyendo

Male, 25 April, 2024.- Maldives faces a potentially dystopian future because of a climate change emergency caused by wealthy nations and wealthy individuals, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to a healthy environment, David R. Boyd said today. “Scattered like sparkling jewels across a vast swath of the Indian Ocean,Continuar Leyendo