Human Rigths (Page 55)

Geneva, 31 January, 2024.- The UN Special Rapporteur on torture, Alice Jill Edwards, has written to authorities in China, to address claims that the evidence of a listed key prosecution witness in the trial of newspaper owner and editor Jimmy Lai had been obtained through torture. “I am deeply concernedContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 30 January 2024.- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today appealed for a significant increase in annual funding for his Office this year, warning it was still drastically short of funds needed to more effectively advance human rights globally. “We are living in profoundly divided times. ConflictContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 24 January,  2024.- UN experts* today hailed the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judgment that Greece had violated a Syrian refugee’s right to life when its coastguards shot at a vessel carrying migrants and asylum seekers in 2014. The shooting injured the Syrian refugee, who later died afterContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 24 January, 2024.- UN experts* urged the Government of Bangladesh to carry out major human rights reforms to reverse repressive trends in the country and restore political dialogue and participation, as it enters its fourth consecutive term. “We are alarmed at reports that widespread attacks, harassment and intimidation ofContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 22 January, 2024.-UN experts* expressed alarm at the heavy security-driven approach of Sri Lanka’s drug response. They called on authorities to immediately suspend and review so-called Operation ‘Yukthiya’ and to focus on policies based on health and human rights. “Drug users have human rights,” the experts said. “They deserveContinuar Leyendo

Ginebra, 19 de Enero de 2024.- El estancamiento de las fuerzas políticas en el Parlamento español ha provocado que el Consejo General del Poder Judicial quede paralizado, advirtió hoy una experta de la ONU. El mandato de los 20 miembros del Consejo General del Poder Judicial (CGPJ) expiró en 2018Continuar Leyendo

Geneva, 17 January, 2024.- The UN expert on human rights in Sudan, Radhouane Nouicer, today deplored the grim human rights situation in the country as the brutal armed conflict enters its 10th month. He urged the leaders of the two parties to the conflict to immediately end the violence, ensureContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 17 January, 2024.- As Comoros witnesses protests following Sunday’s presidential election and tensions mount, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today urged the authorities to ensure the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, and called on all to exercise restraint. On Tuesday morning, several sourcesContinuar Leyendo

Gebeva, 15 January, 2024.- UN experts* welcomed the recent decision by Suriname’s highest court, the Hof van Justitie, to uphold the 20-year prison sentence of former President Desiré Delano Bouterse for the torture and extrajudicial execution of 15 political opponents in 1982. “The verdict demonstrates that there is no statuteContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 11 January, 2024.- UN human rights experts* today welcomed the start of hearings before the International Court of Justice (“ICJ”) of a case brought by South Africa concerning allegations that Israel is committing acts of genocide against the Palestinian people. The experts emphasized that any decision the Court reachesContinuar Leyendo