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Geneva, 18 May, 2024.- Sri Lanka’s Government must take meaningful action to determine and disclose the fates and whereabouts of tens of thousands of people who have been subjected to enforced disappearance over the decades and hold those responsible to account, a UN Human Rights Office report released today says.Continuar Leyendo

Geneva, 17 May, 2024.- UN experts expressed disappointment today that some States have yet to reinstate funding weeks after an independent review showed a lack of evidence for partiality claims against the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). “The independent review ordered byContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 16 May, 2024.- UN experts* have urged Nigerian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, who was convicted of blasphemy for writing a song and sharing it on a social messaging service. Yahaya Sharif-Aminu was sentenced to the death penalty in 2020. “Although his death sentence was quashedContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 15 May, 2024.- Adoption of the controversial ‘Foreign Agents’ law by the Georgian Parliament will have a chilling effect on civil society, journalists and human rights defenders and sends an extremely negative signal about the country’s commitment to human rights, UN experts* said today. The experts said that despiteContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 14 May, 2024.- With the proliferation of war and violent conflicts around the world, students and young people are at the forefront of calling for change, UN independent experts* said in a statement. “Peaceful protests against the current war on Gaza are a prime example of how young peopleContinuar Leyendo

Ginebra, 13 de Mayo de 2024.-  Las autoridades de Ecuador deben garantizar que las consultas ambientales en relación con los proyectos mineros se ajusten a las normas de derechos humanos, en particular mediante la inclusión de todas las comunidades que potencialmente se verán afectadas por estas actividades extractivas, y respetandoContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 13 May, 2024.- Iran must immediately revoke the death sentence imposed on anti-corruption activist Mahmoud Mehrabi and stop sentencing people to death for expressing their opinions, UN experts* said today. Mehrabi was convicted on charges of “corruption on earth”, a term Iran uses to refer to a broad rangeContinuar Leyendo

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