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Sarajevo, 22 April, 2024.- The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Clément Nyaletsossi Voule, today called for immediate action to reverse the deterioration of civic space and social cohesion, and the weakening of democratic institutions. “Since the end of the 1992-1995 conflictContinuar Leyendo

Maseru, 19 April, 2024.- A UN expert today urged the Lesotho authorities to prioritise removing barriers to the enjoyment of rights by persons with albinism, saying it would vastly improve their lives. “Concrete measures focused on the specific needs of persons with albinism can have far-reaching impacts including on qualityContinuar Leyendo

Brasilia, 19 April, 2024.- Brazil needs to prioritise the demarcation and titling of land – the root cause of most attacks against human rights defenders in the country, a UN expert said today. “Human rights defenders are under extreme threat in Brazil. The Federal Government knows this but has soContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 17 April 2024.- UN experts* today called for the protection of justice operators in Israel and condemned the destruction of judicial infrastructure in Gaza. The experts deplored reports that on 9 October 2023 the Israeli army bombed the building which housed the local headquarters of the Palestine Bar Association,Continuar Leyendo

Geneva, 16 April, 2024.- Retaliatory military attacks between Israel and Iran violate the right to life and must cease immediately, UN experts said today. Allegedly to counter foreign state support for “terrorism”, Israel attacked an Iranian consulate building in Syria on 1 April 2024, killing two Iranian generals, General MohammadContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 15 April, 2024.-UN experts today deplored the purported use of artificial intelligence (AI) and related military directives by Israel in occupied Gaza leading to an unprecedented toll on the civilian population, housing, vital services and infrastructure. “Six months into the current military offensive, more housing and civilian infrastructure hasContinuar Leyendo

Geneva,  12 April, 2024.- UN experts* today expressed dismay at the continuing lack of protection for young women and girls belonging to minority communities in Pakistan. “Christian and Hindu girls remain particularly vulnerable to forced religious conversion, abduction, trafficking, child, early and forced marriage, domestic servitude and sexual violence,” theContinuar Leyendo

Santiago, 7 de abril de 2024.- Chile debe redoblar sus esfuerzos para reconocer y garantizar el derecho de todas las personas a participar plenamente en la conformación de la sociedad, afirmó hoy una experta de las Naciones Unidas. “Chile tiene la obligación de proporcionar un marco jurídico y estructural sólidoContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 5 April, 2024.- Russian authorities must immediately drop all criminal charges against human rights defender Oleg Orlov and quash the unjust court ruling against him, a UN expert said today. “Today, Oleg Orlov, a leading human rights defender and co-chair of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning organisation “Memorial”, marks hisContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 03 april, 2024.- UN experts* today expressed grave concern about the confirmation of the death sentences against seven individuals by Egypt’s highest court on 24 January 2024, in the so-called «Helwan Brigade” counter-terrorism case. Their executions would constitute arbitrary killings in violation of the right to life as aContinuar Leyendo