Human Rigths (Page 61)

Quito, 8 September, 2023.- Poverty is a root cause of the surging violence and insecurity in Ecuador, the UN’s poverty expert said today at the end of his two-week visit to the country, as he urged authorities to step up investment in education, healthcare and social protection. “Alarm over theContinuar Leyendo

Panamá, 8 de Septiembre de 2023.- Una experta de la ONU instó hoy a las autoridades panameñas a acelerar la aplicación de una ley sobre el albinismo aprobada en 2021, para proporcionar asistencia y apoyo vital a las personas con albinismo en el país. Miti-Drummond acogió con satisfacción la adopciónContinuar Leyendo

Ginebra, 7 de Septiembre de 2023.- El Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos, Volker Türk, ha acogido con satisfacción la sentencia del miércoles dictada por la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación de México que declaró inconstitucionales las sanciones penales por el aborto. Él hizoContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 5 September, 2023.- Gathered together for their Annual Meeting in June, UN human rights experts adopted a Joint Declaration reflecting on the critical role of the SDG summit halfway to the 2030 Agenda deadline.The joint declaration underscores the critical role of human rights as a tool for transformative changesContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 1 September, 2023.- UN experts* today expressed grave concern over a new draft law, currently under review in the Iranian parliament, which imposes a series of new punishments on women and girls who fail to wear the headscarf (hijab). “The draft law could be described as a form ofContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 31 August, 2023.- The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) on Friday issued findings on Croatia, Italy, Namibia, Senegal, Turkmenistan and Uruguay after reviewing the six States parties in its latest session. The findings contain the Committee’s main concerns and recommendations on the implementation of theContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 30 August, 2023.- A UN torture expert today called on the UK Government to begin an urgent review of sentences imposed on prisoners held indefinitely under the widely discredited and now abandoned Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) system. “The Government must step up its efforts to ensure rehabilitation opportunitiesContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 29 August, 2023.- UN and regional** human rights experts urged all States to provide effective access to justice for victims of enforced disappearance, that include any individual who has suffered harm as the direct result of an enforced disappearance. “Ensuring the victims’ right to justice requires taking all necessaryContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 29 August, 2023.- Hundreds of thousands of people are being forcibly engaged by organised criminal gangs into online criminality in Southeast Asia – from romance-investment scams and crypto fraud to illegal gambling – a report issued today by the UN Human Rights Office shows. Victims face a range ofContinuar Leyendo

Geneva, 29 August, 2023.- The UN Child Rights Committee today published authoritative guidance on children’s rights and the environment with a special focus on climate change. The guidance specifies the legislative and administrative measures States should urgently implement to address the adverse effects of environmental degradation and climate change onContinuar Leyendo